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 …

Solvent‐induced cluster‐to‐cluster transformation of homoleptic gold (I) thiolates between catenane and ring‐in‐ring structures

GT Xu, LL Wu, XY Chang, TWH Ang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular ensembles adopting ring‐in‐ring structures are less developed compared
with catenanes featuring interlocked rings. While catenanes with inter‐ring closed‐shell …

The usefulness of energy decomposition schemes to rationalize host–guest interactions

GF Caramori, I Østrøm, AO Ortolan, GR Nagurniak… - Dalton …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This perspective focuses on the crucial role that energy decomposition schemes play in
elucidating the physical nature of non-covalent interactions in supramolecular systems …

Supramolecular radical polymers self-assembled from the stacking of radical cations of rod-like viologen di-and trimers

TG Zhan, TY Zhou, F Lin, L Zhang, C Zhou… - Organic Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of π-conjugated oligomeric viologens (COVs) whose viologen segments are
connected by phenyl or biphenyl units have been designed and synthesized. They exhibited …

Adaptive and Dynamic Nonintertwined Assembly of Rigid and Flexible Rings

T Wang, X He, J Xu, D Shen, L Mei, G Xu… - CCS …, 2024 - chinesechemsoc.org
Biomorphic supramolecular assemblies formed through the collaboration of rigid and
flexible elements, akin to bones and ligaments, play a crucial role in constructing advanced …

Activation-enabled syntheses of functionalized pillar [5] arene derivatives

J Han, X Hou, C Ke, H Zhang, NL Strutt, CL Stern… - Organic …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A series of regioselective di-and trifunctionalized pillar [5] arene derivatives have been
synthesized by a deprotection-followed-by-activation strategy, and their constitutions have …

Molecular and supramolecular multiredox systems

J Shukla, VP Singh, P Mukhopadhyay - ChemistryOpen, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The design and synthesis of molecular and supramolecular multiredox systems have been
summarized. These systems are of great importance as they can be employed in the next …

Template-assisted hydrogelation of a dynamic covalent polyviologen-based supramolecular architecture via donor-acceptor interactions

HF Nour, T El Malah, TA Khattab, MA Olson - Materials Today Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel polyviologen-based molecular architecture was developed via the step-growth
polymerization of a hydroxyl-substituted aryl dihydrazide with a water soluble viologen …

Prediction of cathodic E1/21 and E1/22 values for viologen-containing conjugated unimers and dimers from calculated pKb values of the aromatic substituents

L Chen, F Hartl, HM Colquhoun, BW Greenland - Tetrahedron letters, 2017 - Elsevier
A library of 18 conjugated, rod-like compounds with either one or two viologen residues
were synthesized and characterized electrochemically. Containing up to 8 …

Stimuli-responsive metal-directed self-assembly of a ring-in-ring complex

C Alvariño, C Platas-Iglesias, V Blanco… - Dalton …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Concentration, temperature and/or solvent polarity control the speciation on the metal-
directed self-assembly of a ditopic pyridyl ligand L with cis-protected Pd (II) metal centers …