Tying a knot between crown ethers and porphyrins

• Maksym Matviyishyn and
• Bartosz Szyszko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1630–1650, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.120

• porphyrins as multitopic receptors, sensors, and supramolecular hosts, with applications in ion transport, catalysis, and polymeric materials [22][40][41][42][43][44][45]. In 1984 Lehn, Sessler and co-workers developed double-side-strapped crowned porphyrins, which served as tritopic and tetratopic receptors

Cyclodextrins as building blocks for new materials

• Miriana Kfoury and
• Sophie Fourmentin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 889–891, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.66

• . CDs are the most studied supramolecular hosts. They provide the most extensive database on molecular recognition in the literature, with more than 100,000 publications [2]. CDs owe their success not only to the unique molecular structure [3], which allows them to act as host compounds, but also to

Preparation of β-cyclodextrin-based dimers with selectively methylated rims and their use for solubilization of tetracene

• Konstantin Lebedinskiy,
• Volodymyr Lobaz and
• Jindřich Jindřich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1596–1606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.170

• better effectiveness than other tested supramolecular hosts. Keywords: cyclodextrin; dimer; methylation; solubilization; tetracene; Introduction Cyclodextrins (CDs) are cyclic oligomers of glucose that play an important role in supramolecular chemistry [1]. The structure of any CD contains a

• hydrophobic cavity inside the molecule, while all hydrophilic hydroxy groups are arranged outside the cavity. This feature determines the main practical application of CDs as supramolecular hosts for host–guest interaction. Due to their low cost, low toxicity, and good complexation ability, they are

• pentacene and other larger linear acenes if we would achieve some success with it. In this work, we report on the efficient synthesis of new cyclodextrin supramolecular hosts based on selectively methylated β-CD derivatives and their dimers; moreover, we compare their effectiveness in the solubilization of

Heteroleptic metallosupramolecular aggregates/complexation for supramolecular catalysis

• Prodip Howlader and
• Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 597–630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.62

• and size of their cavity requires often tedious de-novo synthesis. Eventually, these drawbacks have been tackled by synthesizing discrete supramolecular hosts based on metal–ligand coordination-driven self-assembly [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][52]. This approach not only solved the issue with low

Site-selective reactions mediated by molecular containers

• Rui Wang and
• Yang Yu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 309–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.35

• , and even emergence of new reaction pathways [19][20][21][22][23][24]. To simulate the aqueous environment of enzyme-catalyzed physiological transformations, researchers seek to design and synthesize supramolecular hosts in a water-soluble way. The ionic and polyol forms of them would provide good

Insight into functionalized-macrocycles-guided supramolecular photocatalysis

• Minzan Zuo,
• Krishnasamy Velmurugan,
• Kaiya Wang,
• Xueqi Tian and
• Xiao-Yu Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 139–155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.15

• with various macrocyclic hosts as well as on the role of macrocyclic-hosts-assisted hybrid materials in energy transfer. To keep the clarity of this review, the macrocycles are categorized into the most commonly used supramolecular hosts, including crown ethers, cyclodextrins, cucurbiturils

• -assisted hybrid materials in energy transfer. To date, several supramolecular hosts have been developed that can provide defined properties of, and exert catalytic control on reactive substrates (guests) [7][8][9]. To keep the clarity, we categorized this into the five most universally used important

• supramolecular hosts (Figure 1); crown ethers (CEs), cyclodextrins (CDs), cucurbiturils (CBs), calixarenes (CAs), and pillararenes (PAs) for various photocatalytic reactions. However, biomolecules and other supramolecular-host-related photocatalytic reactions are not included in this minireview. Generally, a

NMR Spectroscopy of supramolecular chemistry on protein surfaces

• Peter Bayer,
• Anja Matena and
• Christine Beuck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2505–2522, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.203

• while titrating the other binding partner. However, for larger supramolecular hosts that encapsulate a large part of their (usually smaller) guest, it is advantageous to monitor the guest’s resonances. Monitoring binding with this simple spectrum requires at least one signal that does not overlap with

Hierarchically assembled helicates as reaction platform – from stoichiometric Diels–Alder reactions to enamine catalysis

• David Van Craen,
• Jenny Begall,
• Johannes Großkurth,
• Leonard Himmel,
• Oliver Linnenberg,
• Elisabeth Isaak and
• Markus Albrecht

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2338–2345, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.195

• providing the stereoinformation necessary for induction during the C–C bond formation. Catalytic approaches for C–C bond-forming reactions even found their way into the relatively young field of supramolecular chemistry, e.g., regioselective Diels–Alder reactions within supramolecular hosts as described by

Reversible switching of arylazopyrazole within a metal–organic cage

• Anton I. Hanopolskyi,
• Soumen De,
• Michał J. Białek,
• Yael Diskin-Posner,
• Liat Avram,
• Moran Feller and
• Rafal Klajn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2398–2407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.232

• photochromism in the spiropyran switch [18]. Other recent studies of photochromic systems within macrocyclic and supramolecular hosts [19] include dihydroazulene switches [20] and red-shifted azobenzenes [21][22] inside cucurbiturils and cyclodextrins. The behavior of light-responsive compounds can also be

Polyaminoazide mixtures for the synthesis of pH-responsive calixarene nanosponges

• Antonella Di Vincenzo,
• Antonio Palumbo Piccionello,
• Alberto Spinella,
• Delia Chillura Martino,
• Marco Russo and
• Paolo Lo Meo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 633–641, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.59

• classes of supramolecular hosts such as calixresorcinarenes and cyclodextrins [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]. The results obtained (percent of guest absorbed under the operational conditions chosen, see Experimental) are summarized in Table 1. As expected, both materials may show remarkable variations

Synthesis and post-functionalization of alternate-linked-meta-para-[2ⁿ.1ⁿ]thiacyclophanes

• Wout De Leger,
• Koen Adriaensen,
• Koen Robeyns,
• Luc Van Meervelt,
• Joice Thomas,
• Björn Meijers,
• Mario Smet and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2190–2197, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.192

• ; Introduction The ability of cyclophanes to form three-dimensional cavities is interesting for various potential applications, e.g., as supramolecular hosts. Synthetic procedures towards novel cyclophanes have attracted much interest in the scientific community [1][2][3][4]. An interesting subclass of

Hyper-reticulated calixarene polymers: a new example of entirely synthetic nanosponge materials

• Alberto Spinella,
• Marco Russo,
• Antonella Di Vincenzo,
• Delia Chillura Martino and
• Paolo Lo Meo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1498–1507, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.127

• ], our work reports the first example of entirely synthetic materials based on preorganized and structurally well-defined synthons that are able to function as supramolecular hosts per se. This leads to enhanced absorption performances for our materials in comparison with literature reports on

Recent applications of chiral calixarenes in asymmetric catalysis

• Mustafa Durmaz,
• Erkan Halay and
• Selahattin Bozkurt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1389–1412, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.117

• asymmetric catalysis has received considerable interest and witnessed significant progress in recent years [2][3][4]. Calixarenes are considered as the third generation of supramolecular hosts after cyclodextrins and crown ethers [5][6]. Due to their easy preparation and readily modification at either the

Cyclodextrin nanosponge-sensitized enantiodifferentiating photoisomerization of cyclooctene and 1,3-cyclooctadiene

• Wenting Liang,
• Cheng Yang,
• Masaki Nishijima,
• Gaku Fukuhara,
• Tadashi Mori,
• Andrea Mele,
• Franca Castiglione,
• Fabrizio Caldera,
• Francesco Trotta and
• Yoshihisa Inoue

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1305–1311, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.149

• chirality transfer from chiral host to prochiral substrate through the long-lasting intimate supramolecular contacts of guest substrate(s) with the chiral host in both the ground and excited states [4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Various types of chiral supramolecular hosts, including modified zeolites [11

• play crucial roles in controlling supramolecular photochirogenesis. Amongst the chiral supramolecular hosts that have been applied to photochirogenesis, cyclodextrin (CD) is undoubtedly the most frequently employed, probably due to its ready availability, modifiability, inherently chiral cavity, and

(How) does 1,3,5-triethylbenzene scaffolding work? Analyzing the abilities of 1,3,5-triethylbenzene- and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene-based scaffolds to preorganize the binding elements of supramolecular hosts and to improve binding of targets

• Xing Wang and
• Fraser Hof

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.1

• methyl groups, but the size of this advantage can be small and is dependent on the groups involved. Keywords: binding affinity; entropy; molecular recognition; scaffolds; supramolecular hosts; triethylbenzene; trimethylbenzene; Introduction Supramolecular hosts use arrays of multiple weak interactions

• Database, as well as with computational analysis of some representative host systems. We hope that these simple computational approaches might be more broadly useful for predicting the behavior of new supramolecular hosts. Results and Discussion Literature binding affinities Chelating ligand 2Et, the

• emerges from the combined surveys of crystallographic structures and binding affinities measured in solution is that the effect of installing ethyl or methyl groups onto supramolecular hosts is often favorable (as expected), but that the correlations between preorganized structures and binding affinities

Intraannular photoreactions in pseudo-geminally substituted [2.2]paracyclophanes

• Henning Hopf,
• Vitaly Raev and
• Peter G. Jones

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 658–667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.78

• utilize zeolites as supramolecular hosts for photoreactions [12][13][14]. Internal complexation, or intracrystalline adsorption, occurs by diffusion of the guest into the channels and cavities of the zeolite crystal and is size- and shape-selective. Complexation of organic compounds may reversibly depend