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Cucurbituril chemistry: a tale of supramolecular success
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Cucurbit[n]urils have become key units in various self-organizing and stimulus-controlled assemblies, as well as in advanced materials and drug carriers.Abstract:
This review highlights the past six year advances in the blossoming field of cucurbit[n]uril chemistry. Because of their exceptional recognition properties in aqueous medium, these pumpkin-shaped macrocycles have been generating some tremendous interest in the supramolecular community. They have also become key units in various self-organizing and stimulus-controlled assemblies, as well as in advanced materials and drug carriers. The scope of this review is limited to the main family of cucurbit[n]urils (n = 5, 6, 7, 8, 10). The reader will find an overview of their preparation, their physicochemical and biological properties, as well as their recognition abilities towards various organic and inorganic guests. Detailed thermodynamic and kinetic considerations, as well as multiple applications including supramolecular catalysis are also discussed.read more
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Cucurbit[7]uril as a "protective agent": controlling photochemistry and detecting 1-adamantanamine.
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Cucurbit[n]uril Host‐Guest Complexes of Acids, Photoacids, and Super Photoacids
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Phototransformation of benzimidazole and thiabendazole inside cucurbit[8]uril.
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TL;DR: ESI-MS and NMR reveal that both benzimidazole and TBZ form stable 1 : 2 host-guest complexes with CB8 (BZ2 @CB8, TBZ2@CB8).
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Cucurbit[7]uril-stabilized gold nanoparticles as catalysts of the nitro compound reduction reaction
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Oligopeptide-CB[8] complexation with switchable binding pathways.
TL;DR: Host-guest complexes exhibiting a 1 : 1 binding stoichiometry need not consist of a single host and guest and can be utilised to 'customise' the precise CB[8]-oligopeptide self-assembly pathway, acting as a useful toolbox in the design of supramolecular systems.
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