The rise and promise of molecular nanotopology

QH Guo, Y Jiao, Y Feng, JF Stoddart - CCS Chemistry, 2021 - chinesechemsoc.org
Molecular nanotopology—a term we coined recently—is a rapidly developing field of
research that is emerging out of the confluence of chemical topology with the mechanical …

A donor–acceptor [2] catenane for visible light photocatalysis

Y Jiao, L Đorđević, H Mao, RM Young… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colored charge-transfer complexes can be formed by the association between electron-rich
donor and electron-deficient acceptor molecules, bringing about the narrowing of HOMO …

Dynamic Covalent Chemistry as a Facile Route to Unusual Main‐Group Thiolate Assemblies and Disulfide Hoops and Cages

NM Phan, EG Percástegui, DW Johnson - ChemPlusChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Dynamic Covalent Chemistry (DCC)–combining the robustness of covalent bonds
with the self‐correcting nature of supramolecular chemistry–facilitates the modular synthesis …

Discovering privileged topologies of molecular knots with self-assembling models

M Marenda, E Orlandini, C Micheletti - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Despite the several available strategies to build complex supramolecular constructs, only a
handful of different molecular knots have been synthesised so far. Here, in response to the …

Facile syntheses of [3]-,[4]-and [6] catenanes templated by orthogonal supramolecular interactions

K Wang, CC Yee, HY Au-Yeung - Chemical Science, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A water soluble [6] catenane consisting of two interlocking [3] catenanes was synthesised in
91% yield using readily accessible precursors. The new strategy features the simultaneous …

Supramolecular recognition of phosphodiester-based donor and acceptor oligomers forming gels in water

KP de Carvasal, G Vergoten, JJ Vasseur… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Inspired by automated DNA synthesis, electron-rich dialkoxynaphthalene (DAN) donor and
electron-deficient naphthalene-tetracarboxylic diimide (NDI) acceptor phosphodiester-linked …

Discovery of an all-donor aromatic [2] catenane

TM Gianga, E Audibert, A Trandafir, G Kociok-Köhn… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We report herein the first all-donor aromatic [2] catenane formed through dynamic
combinatorial chemistry, using single component libraries. The building block is a benzo [1 …

Interpenetration in π-rich mixed-ligand coordination polymers

SA Boer, DR Turner - Crystal Growth & Design, 2016 - ACS Publications
Structural and chemical influences on interpenetration have been investigated through the
preparation and structural analysis of a series of seven chiral coordination polymers using a …

A multifunctional catenated host for the efficient binding of Eu 3+ and Gd 3+

M Nandi, S Bej, TK Ghosh, P Ghosh - Chemical Communications, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
A multifunctional catenated host for the efficient binding of Eu 3+ and Gd 3+ - Chemical
Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C9CC00090A Royal Society of Chemistry View …

Naphthalenediimide–a unique motif in macrocyclic and interlocked supramolecular structures

A Diac, M Matache, I Grosu… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This review presents a survey through macrocyclic and interlocked structures containing 1,
4, 5, 8‐naphthalendiimide residues from the synthetic point of view and also illustrates the …