Design, synthesis and spectroscopic properties of crown ether-capped dibenzotetraaza[14]annulenes

• Krzysztof M. Zwoliński and
• Julita Eilmes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 617–622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.57

• Creation of polycyclic architectures predisposed to perform higher forms of molecular behaviour is essential for advancing the art of biomimetic chemistry. Therefore, the first crown ether-capped DBTAAs, featuring a face-to-face arrangement of the macrocyclic components, have been synthesized in

From supramolecular chemistry to the nucleosome: studies in biomolecular recognition

• Marcey L. Waters

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1863–1869, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.175

• viewed as the most challenging and most important medium for molecular recognition. This led to my decision to postdoc for Ron Breslow at Columbia University, who is known for biomimetic chemistry, but at the heart of his cyclodextrin-based enzyme mimics is molecular recognition in water. Breslow’s style

The role of alkyl substituents in deazaadenine-based diarylethene photoswitches

• Christopher Sarter,
• Michael Heimes and
• Andres Jäschke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1103–1110, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.106

• information storage, they found many applications in materials sciences, nanotechnology, and biomimetic chemistry [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. Their most typical architecture is shown in Figure 1A: two heteroaromatic, most often five-membered heterocyclic rings are connected via a

Supramolecular chemistry at the interface of biology, materials and medicine

• Eric V. Anslyn and
• Steven C. Zimmerman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1101–1102, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.105

• Eric V. Anslyn Steven C. Zimmerman Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, United States Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States 10.3762/bjoc.12.105 Keywords: biomimetic chemistry; host–guest chemistry

Versatile synthesis of amino acid functionalized nucleosides via a domino carboxamidation reaction

• Vicky Gheerardijn,
• Jos Van den Begin and
• Annemieke Madder

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2566–2572, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.268

• Vicky Gheerardijn Jos Van den Begin Annemieke Madder Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Organic and Biomimetic Chemistry Research Group, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S4, 9000 Ghent, Belgium 10.3762/bjoc.10.268 Abstract Functionalized oligonucleotides have recently gained

Fifty years of oxacalix[3]arenes: A review

• Kevin Cottet,
• Paula M. Marcos and
• Peter J. Cragg

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 201–226, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.22

• species. Applications in fields as diverse as ion selective electrode modifiers, fluorescence sensors, fullerene separations and biomimetic chemistry are described. Keywords: calixarenes; host–guest chemistry; macrocycles; oxacalixarenes; Introduction Calixarenes, macrocycles which are widely used in