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- The text discusses how supramolecular chemistry draws ideas from nature to create systems that change structure in response to stimuli.
- Researchers focus on supramolecular cages, which can host and release guest molecules in a controlled way.
- A new method using phenanthrenequinone to modify a specific cage's binding properties is presented, allowing adjustments in how well different guest molecules, based on size or chirality, can be included.
Article Abstract
Taking inspiration from Nature, where (bio)molecular geometry variations are exploited to tune a large variety of functions, supramolecular chemistry has continuously developed novel systems in which, as a consequence of a specific stimulus, structural changes occur. Among the different architectures, supramolecular cages have been continuously investigated for their capability to act as functional hosts where guests can be released in a controlled fashion. In this paper, a novel methodology based on the use of phenanthrenequinone is applied to selectively change the binding properties of a tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine TPMA-based cage. In particular, subcomponent substitution has been used to change structural cage features thus controlling the inclusion ratio of competing guests differing in size or chirality.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10395264 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3sc01368e | DOI Listing |
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