Repositioning chloride transmembrane transporters: transport of organic ion pairs

G Grauwels, H Valkenier, AP Davis, I Jabin… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Given the biological importance of organic cations, the facilitated transport of organic ion
pairs could find many applications. Calix [6] arene tris (thio) ureas, which possess a cavity …

Bamboo-like chained cavities and other halogen-bonded complexes from tetrahaloethynyl cavitands with simple ditopic halogen bond acceptors

L Turunen, F Pan, NK Beyeh, JF Trant… - Crystal Growth & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Halogen bonding provides a useful complement to hydrogen bonding and metal-
coordination as a tool for organizing supramolecular systems. Resorcinarenes, tetrameric …

Investigation of structural and conformational equilibrium of Oxacalix [4] arene: A density functional theory approach

M Athar, MY Lone, PC Jha - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2017 - Elsevier
High level theoretical calculations were employed to study the structural and conformational
equilibrium of the Oxacalix [4] arenes. We have proposed that the replacement of methylene …

Functionalized resorcinarenes effectively disrupt the aggregation of αA66-80 crystallin peptide related to cataracts

K Twum, A Bhattacharjee, ET Laryea… - RSC Medicinal …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cataracts, an eye lens clouding disease, are debilitating and while operable, remain without
a cure. αA66-80 crystallin peptide abundant in cataracted eye lenses contributes to …

Turning on anion and betaine hosting by a small structural change of a biomimetic cavity: a case study

G De Leener, D Over, O Reinaud… - Supramolecular …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores the impact of a small structural modification on a biomimetic receptor.
The hosting structure is a calix [6] arene capped by a tetraaza core. Two receptors are …

New insights into the reactivity of aminomethylene derivatives of resorc [4] arene: amine group transfer, conformational analysis, reaction mechanism

W Iwanek - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Using the example of aminomethylene derivatives of resorc [4] arene and their Michael
reaction with 4-hydroxycoumarin, the possibility of transferring an amine molecule from …

Synthesis and Binding Properties of a Tren‐Capped Hexahomotrioxacalix [3] arene

S Zahim, D Ajami, P Laurent, H Valkenier… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The straightforward synthesis of a new hexahomotrioxacalix [3] arene‐based ligand capped
by a tren subunit was developed and the binding properties of the corresponding zinc …

Synthesis and structure of functionalized homo heteracalix [2] arene [2] triazines: effect of all heteroatom bridges on macrocyclic conformation

DD Liang, MX Wang - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
A number of unprecedented homo heteracalix [2] arene [2] triazines were synthesized by
means of a fragment coupling approach. Two directional nucleophilic substitution reactions …