Macrocycles are molecular entities that display a combination of molecular recognition and
complexation properties with vital implications for host–guest/supramolecular chemistry …

The tetracationic cyclophane, cyclobis (paraquat‐p‐phenylene), also known as the little blue
box, constitutes a modular receptor that has facilitated the discovery of many host–guest …

The expression of biological functions, such as enzyme catalysis, immune response, and
cargo transport in confined nanospaces, with very different physical and chemical …

Acenes represent a series of molecules with intriguing physical and chemical properties for
applications in organic electronics. Nevertheless, the stability and solubility issues …

Conspectus Acting as hosts, cationic cyclophanes, consisting of π-electron-poor
bipyridinium units, are capable of entering into strong donor–acceptor interactions to form …

The S12L test set for supramolecular Gibbs free energies of association Δ G a (Grimme, S.
Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 9955− 9964) is extended to 30 complexes (S30L), featuring more …

Triplet excited-state organic chromophores present countless opportunities for applications
in photocatalysis. Here we describe an approach to the engineering of the triplet excited …

To design and exploit novel macrocyclic synthetic receptors is a permanent and challenging
topic in supramolecular chemistry. Here we describe the one-pot synthesis, unique …

In this work, a novel version of macrocyclic arenes, namely leaning pillar [6] arenes, was
discovered and it can be considered as a tilted version of a pillar [6] arene with two …

Herein, first we report the preparation of a thermoresponsive [3] pseudorotaxane from
cooperative complexation between a water-soluble pillar [10] arene and a paraquat …