Enantioselective assembly and recognition of heterochiral porous organic cages deduced from binary chiral components.

Chem Sci

Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China

Published: June 2022

AI Article Synopsis

  • - The study focuses on creating heterochiral porous organic cages (HPOC-1) using specific enantiomers of cyclohexanediamine and binaphthol, emphasizing the significance of chiral recognition in both biological processes and supramolecular material fabrication.
  • - The assembly of HPOC-1 was monitored through nuclear magnetic resonance and luminescence spectroscopy, demonstrating that the cages were formed through enantioselective interactions between the chiral components.
  • - HPOC-1 displays notable properties such as circularly polarized luminescence and the ability to selectively recognize chiral substrates, with theoretical simulations helping to explain its enantioselective assembly and recognition mechanisms.

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