Wenjing Meng

TL;DR: This cage represents the first example of a new class of closed-face metallosupramolecular cubic hosts to be synthesized and has the potential to create new chemical functionality through the introduction of different metal ions into the centers of the N4 macrocycle and by substituting these metals axial ligands.

TL;DR: The general principles underlying the delicately balanced thermodynamics were determined and the factors contributing to the transfer of chiral information between metal vertices were analyzed.

TL;DR: In this paper, an autonomous cascade of DNA hybridization reactions can create oligomers, from building blocks linked by olefin or peptide bonds, with a sequence defined by a reconfigurable molecular program.

TL;DR: This cage was found to transform into a new host-guest complex incorporating three Fe(II) centers and four porphyrin ligands, in an arrangement that is hypothesized to maximize π interactions between the porphirin units of the host and the fullerene guest bound within its central cavity.

TL;DR: Cages with large, offset aromatic panels were observed to be the most effective hosts as a result of a preference for a ligand conformation where the aromatic panels lie tangent to the edges of the tetrahedron, thus maximizing cavity enclosure.