Cucurbituril-based molecular recognition

SJ Barrow, S Kasera, MJ Rowland, J Del Barrio… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The product of the condensation reaction between glycoluril and formaldehyde was first
reported in a thesis by Eberhard Meyer in 1904 (1) and then published by Behrend and co …

Recent advances in mass spectrometry studies of non-covalent complexes of macrocycles-A review

JL Casas-Hinestroza, M Bueno, E Ibáñez… - Analytica Chimica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Non-covalent molecular interactions are crucial for the formation of supramolecular systems
whose applications in the transport and release of drugs, the development of nanoreactors …

Chemistry inside molecular containers in the gas phase

TC Lee, E Kalenius, AI Lazar, KI Assaf, N Kuhnert… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Inner-phase chemical reactions of guest molecules encapsulated in a macromolecular
cavity give fundamental insight into the relative stabilization of transition states by the …

Selective molecular recognition of methylated lysines and arginines by cucurbit [6] uril and cucurbit [7] uril in aqueous solution

MA Gamal-Eldin, DH Macartney - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Cucurbit [7] uril selectively binds the epigenetic mark Nε, Nε, Nε-trimethyllysine (LysMe3,
KCB [7]=(1.8±0.6)× 106 dm3 mol− 1) by 3500-fold over lysine ((5.3±0.7)× 102 dm3 mol− 1) …

Turning cucurbit [8] uril into a supramolecular nanoreactor for asymmetric catalysis

L Zheng, S Sonzini, M Ambarwati… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral macromolecules have been widely used as synthetic pockets to mimic natural
enzymes and promote asymmetric reactions. An achiral host, cucurbit [8] uril (CB [8]), was …

Use of rigid cucurbit [6] uril mediating selective water transport as a potential remedy to improve the permselectivity and durability of reverse osmosis membranes

J Lee, F Zhou, K Baek, W Kim, H Su, K Kim… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
In spite of many efforts to grasp the nature of porous nanomaterials, it is hard to find research
work addressing empirical evidence for selective water permeation through their channels …

Supramolecular enhancement of protein analysis via the recognition of phenylalanine with cucurbit [7] uril

JW Lee, MH Shin, W Mobley, AR Urbach… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Mass spectrometry (MS)-based analysis using enzymatic digestion is widely used for protein
sequencing and characterization. The large number of peptides generated from proteolysis …

Supramolecular dimerisation of middle-chain Phe pentapeptides via CB [8] host–guest homoternary complex formation

S Sonzini, STJ Ryan, OA Scherman - Chemical Communications, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular dimerisation of middle-chain Phe pentapeptides via CB[8] host–guest
homoternary complex formation - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C3CC45420G …

Host–Guest Chemistry from Solution to the Gas Phase: An Essential Role of Direct Interaction with Water for High-Affinity Binding of Cucurbit[n]urils

SJC Lee, JW Lee, HH Lee, J Seo, DH Noh… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
An investigation of the host–guest chemistry of cucurbit [n] uril (CB [n], n= 6 and 7) with α, ω-
alkyldiammonium guests (H2N (CH2) x NH2, x= 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12) both in solution and in …