Challenges and opportunities of functionalized cucurbiturils for biomedical applications

H Yin, Q Cheng, D Bardelang, R Wang - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cucurbit [n] uril (CB [n]) macrocycles (especially CB [5] to CB [8]) have shown exceptional
attributes since their discovery in 2000. Their stability, water solubility, responsiveness to …

Surveying macrocyclic chemistry: from flexible crown ethers to rigid cyclophanes

Z Liu, SKM Nalluri, JF Stoddart - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Macrocycles are molecular entities that display a combination of molecular recognition and
complexation properties with vital implications for host–guest/supramolecular chemistry …

Cucurbituril-based molecular recognition

SJ Barrow, S Kasera, MJ Rowland, J Del Barrio… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The product of the condensation reaction between glycoluril and formaldehyde was first
reported in a thesis by Eberhard Meyer in 1904 (1) and then published by Behrend and co …

Cucurbiturils: from synthesis to high-affinity binding and catalysis

KI Assaf, WM Nau - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In the wide area of supramolecular chemistry, cucurbit [n] urils (CBn) present themselves as
a young family of molecular containers, able to form stable complexes with various guests …

Supramolecular polymeric hydrogels

EA Appel, J del Barrio, XJ Loh… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The supramolecular crosslinking of polymer chains in water by specific, directional and
dynamic non-covalent interactions has led to the development of novel supramolecular …

Dynamic hydrogels from host–guest supramolecular interactions

SM Mantooth, BG Munoz‐Robles… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogel biomaterials are pervasive in biomedical use. Applications of these soft materials
range from contact lenses to drug depots to scaffolds for transplanted cells. A subset of …

Cucurbit[n]uril‐Based Supramolecular Frameworks Assembled through Outer‐Surface Interactions

Y Huang, RH Gao, M Liu, LX Chen, XL Ni… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Porous materials, especially metal–organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, and
supramolecular organic frameworks, are widely used in heterogeneous catalysis …

Toward Reversible Control of Cucurbit[n]uril Complexes

AE Kaifer - Accounts of chemical research, 2014 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The cucurbit [n] uril (CB n) host family consists of a group of rigid macrocyclic
hosts with barrel-like shapes and limited solubility in aqueous media. These hosts are …

Synthesis and separation of cucurbit [n] urils and their derivatives

H Cong, XL Ni, X Xiao, Y Huang, QJ Zhu… - Organic & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Cucurbit [n] uril chemistry has become an important part of contemporary supramolecular
chemistry since cucurbit [n] urils (Q [n] s) are not only able to encapsulate various guests, but …

Synthesis and self-assembly processes of monofunctionalized cucurbit [7] uril

B Vinciguerra, L Cao, JR Cannon… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We present a building-block approach toward functionalized CB [7] derivatives by the
condensation of methylene-bridged glycoluril hexamer 1 and glycoluril bis (cyclic ethers) 2 …