Da-Yang Zhou

TL;DR: The study of an enantiopure bicyclic pillar-based molecular universal joint by single-crystal X-ray diffraction allowed for the first time the unequivocal assignment of the absolute configuration of a planar chiral pillar[5]arene by circular dichroism spectroscopy.

TL;DR: This photochirogenic route to the slipped cyclodimers, exclusively head-to-tail (HT) and highly enantioselective, has long been overlooked in foregoing studies but is dominant in reality and is absolutely supramolecularly activated by 2:2 complexation of AC with β-CD.

TL;DR: The EMUJ displayed a unique redox-triggered reversible in/out conformational switching, corresponding to an occupation/voidance switching of the P[6] cavity, respectively, which represents an unprecedented electrochemical manipulation of the capture and release of guest molecules by supramolecular hosts.

TL;DR: A possible carbonylation mechanism involving a ruthenium cluster intermediate is proposed on the basis of experimental results.

TL;DR: In situ photoisomerization of (Z,Z)-1,3-cyclooctadiene sensitized in the cavity of these [4]rotaxanes afforded (E), which represents the highest level of enantiodifferentiation obtained to date for this supramolecular photochirogenesis.