Design and applications of water-soluble coordination cages

EG Percástegui, TK Ronson, JR Nitschke - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Compartmentalization of the aqueous space within a cell is necessary for life. In similar
fashion to the nanometer-scale compartments in living systems, synthetic water-soluble …

Hyperpolarized Xe NMR signal advancement by metal-organic framework entrapment in aqueous solution

Q Zeng, B Bie, Q Guo, Y Yuan, Q Han… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
We report hyperpolarized Xe signal advancement by metal-organic framework (MOF)
entrapment (Hyper-SAME) in aqueous solution. The 129Xe NMR signal is drastically …

Water-soluble self-assembled cage with triangular metal–metal-bonded units enabling the sequential selective separation of alkanes and isomeric molecules

LJ Wang, S Bai, YF Han - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The selective separation of structurally similar aliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbons is an
essential goal in industrial processes. In this study, we report the synthesis of a water …

129Xenon NMR: review of recent insights into porous materials

E Weiland, MA Springuel-Huet, A Nossov… - Microporous and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of the recent advances in xenon-129 nuclear
magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements. In the past thirty years, 129 Xe NMR has proved …

Light-Driven Purification of Progesterone from Steroid Mixtures Using a Photoresponsive Metal–Organic Capsule

A Ghosh, J Pruchyathamkorn… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Chemical separations are expensive, consuming 10–15% of humanity's global energy
budget. Many current separation methods employ thermal energy for distillation, often …

Coordination cages selectively transport molecular cargoes across liquid membranes

BNT Nguyen, JD Thoburn, AB Grommet… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chemical purifications are critical processes across many industries, requiring 10–15% of
humanity's global energy budget. Coordination cages are able to catch and release guest …

A cavity‐tailored metal‐organic cage entraps gases selectively in solution and the amorphous solid state

JL Zhu, D Zhang, TK Ronson, W Wang, L Xu… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Here we report the subcomponent self‐assembly of a truxene‐faced Zn4L4 tetrahedron,
which is capable of binding the smallest hydrocarbons in solution. By deliberately …

[HTML][HTML] Hyper-CEST NMR of metal organic polyhedral cages reveals hidden diastereomers with diverse guest exchange kinetics

J Jayapaul, S Komulainen, VV Zhivonitko… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Guest capture and release are important properties of self-assembling nanostructures. Over
time, a significant fraction of guests might engage in short-lived states with different …

Templation and Concentration Drive Conversion Between a FeII12L12 Pseudoicosahedron, a FeII4L4 Tetrahedron, and a FeII2L3 Helicate

D Zhang, Q Gan, AJ Plajer… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report the construction of three structurally distinct self-assembled architectures:
FeII12L12 pseudoicosahedron 1, FeII2L3 helicate 2, and FeII4L4 tetrahedron 3, formed from …

Sterics and hydrogen bonding control stereochemistry and self-sorting in BINOL-based assemblies

YQ Zou, D Zhang, TK Ronson, A Tarzia… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Here we demonstrate how the hydrogen-bonding ability of a BINOL-based dialdehyde
subcomponent dictated the stereochemical outcome of its subsequent self-assembly into …