Issue 44, 2019

A flexible self-folding receptor for coronene

Abstract

We report a conformationally flexible deep cavitand receptor based on calix[5]arene and stabilized by a cooperative network of hydrogen bonds. The receptor binds coronene selectively over smaller polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, but is flexible enough to adapt to a smaller guest that presents a complementary electron deficient surface. The unique dynamic properties of this system have been thoroughly studied by NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.

Graphical abstract: A flexible self-folding receptor for coronene

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
26 Jun 2019
Accepted
23 Sep 2019
First published
23 Sep 2019
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2019,10, 10351-10355

A flexible self-folding receptor for coronene

D. Lozano, R. Álvarez-Yebra, R. López-Coll and A. Lledó, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 10351 DOI: 10.1039/C9SC03158H

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