Computational and ion mobility MS study of (all-S)-cyclohexylhemicucurbit[6]uril structure and complexes.

A computational study of (all-S)-cyclohexylhemicucurbit[6]uril and its complexes with anions (Cl(-), Br(-), I(-) and HCOO(-)), the proton (H(+)) and non-dissociated acid (HCl, HBr, HI and HCOOH) guests was performed. The geometries of guest-host complexes were optimized via density functional theory using the BP86 functional, SV(P) basis set and Stuttgart pseudopotentials for iodide. Binding affinities and their trends were evaluated at the BP86/TZVPD level of theory.

New chiral cyclohexylhemicucurbit[6]uril.

The first enantiomerically pure members of the cucurbituril family, (all-S)- and (all-R)-cyclohexylhemicucurbit[6]urils (cycHC), were synthesized in good yield (up to 85%). The crystal structure of this new macrocycle clearly shows its ball-like shape. CycHC monomers adopt a "zigzag" conformation, having apolar cyclohexyls around the openings and polar ureas in the middle.