A fluorescent probe for detection of Hg²⁺ ions constructed by tetramethyl cucurbit[6]uril and 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene

• Xiaoqian Chen,
• Naqin Yang,
• Yue Ma,
• Xinan Yang and
• Peihua Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 864–872, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.63

• supplementary crystallographic data for this paper. These data can be obtained free of charge from The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre via https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/data_request/cif. Supramolecular assembly of TMeQ[6] and 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene (G). (a) UV–vis titration of G (3.0 × 10−5 mol·L−1, pH

CuAAC-inspired synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-bridged porphyrin conjugates: an overview

• Dileep Kumar Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 349–379, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.29

• porphyrin 174 and stirred at room temperature for 24 h, solubilization occurred, resulting in a homogeneous solution. This is due to the formation of a supramolecular assembly in which the hydrophobic adamantane arms of 176b are sequestered by the β-CD arms of porphyrin 174, resulting in water solubility

Tetraphenylethylene-embedded pillar[5]arene-based orthogonal self-assembly for efficient photocatalysis in water

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

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 429–437, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.45

• supramolecular assembly with a two-step FRET process by the utilization of a metallacycle-tetraphenylethylene (TPE) donor and eosin Y (EsY) and sulforhodamine (SR101) as first and second acceptors, respectively. The resulting supramolecular energy transfer system was applied to the alkylation of C–H bonds via a

• photochemical catalytic reaction in aqueous medium. In addition, our group [30] reported the construction of a supramolecular photocatalytic system with a two-step FRET process through the supramolecular assembly of water-soluble pillar[5]arene and TPE derivatives as donor and EsY and Nile Red (NiR) as

Adjusting the length of supramolecular polymer bottlebrushes by top-down approaches

• Tobias Klein,
• Franka V. Gruschwitz,
• Maren T. Kuchenbrod,
• Ivo Nischang,
• Stephanie Hoeppener and
• Johannes C. Brendel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2621–2628, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.175

• –shell structure of our supramolecular systems has to be considered in this regard. For example, significant steric strains induced by the polymer chains act on the core structure, limiting the strength of the supramolecular assembly. Conclusion In conclusion, the remarkable long-term stability of BTU

Photoinduced post-modification of graphitic carbon nitride-embedded hydrogels: synthesis of 'hydrophobic hydrogels' and pore substructuring

• Cansu Esen and
• Baris Kumru

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1323–1334, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.92

• represents a family of materials where variety of synthetic routes can be applied to form photoactive matter with altered properties, i.e., monomer supramolecular assembly to attain a monomer complex prior to carbonization results in enhanced porosity and photoactivity since ordered structures are formed

Multiswitchable photoacid–hydroxyflavylium–polyelectrolyte nano-assemblies

• Alexander Zika and
• Franziska Gröhn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 166–185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.17

• particles, and information on the molecular structure was gained by UV–vis spectroscopy. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) provided information on the thermodynamics and interaction forces in the supramolecular assembly formation. Keywords: electrostatic self-assembly; hydroxyflavylium

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

• of functional photocatalytic systems [16][17]. The diversity of crown ether-based photocatalytic reactions is relatively low, involving mainly photocycloaddition reactions. Saltiel and co-workers reported the regiospecific intermolecular [2 + 2]-photocycloaddition based on a supramolecular assembly

• BODIPY and the zinc porphyrin. The excited zinc porphyrin further transferred the electron to the fullerene, yielding a charge-separated state, with a long lifetime of 23 µs, indicating the charge stabilization of the supramolecular assembly. Thus, an artificial photocatalytic system that can mimic the

• ., Orthogonal Supramolecular Assembly Triggered by Inclusion and Exclusion Interactions with Cucurbit[7]uril for Photocatalytic H2 Evolution, ChemSusChem, John Wiley and Sons. Structures of COP-1, CMP-1, and their substrate S-1 and S-2. Supramolecular self-assembly of the light-harvesting system formed by WP5

Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors

• Christopher G. Thomson,
• Ai-Lan Lee and
• Filipe Vilela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125

Highly selective Diels–Alder and Heck arylation reactions in a divergent synthesis of isoindolo- and pyrrolo-fused polycyclic indoles from 2-formylpyrrole

• Carlos H. Escalante,
• Eder I. Martínez-Mora,
• Carlos Espinoza-Hicks,
• Alejandro A. Camacho-Dávila,
• Fernando R. Ramos-Morales,
• Francisco Delgado and
• Joaquín Tamariz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1320–1334, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.113

• intermolecular interactions (NCIs) between aromatic rings (π···π) [58][59] and alkyl and aromatic ring (Csp3–H)···π stackings [59][60][61][62] are widely recognized, from both the experimental and theoretical viewpoint, as a major factor governing the conformational equilibrium, supramolecular assembly and

Synthesis, enantioseparation and photophysical properties of planar-chiral pillar[5]arene derivatives bearing fluorophore fragments

• Guojuan Li,
• Chunying Fan,
• Guo Cheng,
• Wanhua Wu and
• Cheng Yang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1601–1611, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.164

• center and therefore chirality transfer is non-effective [43]. Supramolecular assembly usually leads to different photophysical properties than homogeneous solutions. We have demonstrated that solvents play a critical role in chiral recognition and chiral photoreactions [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51

N-doped carbon dots covalently functionalized with pillar[5]arenes for Fe³⁺ sensing

• Jia Gao,
• Ming-Xue Wu,
• Dihua Dai,
• Zhi Cai,
• Yue Wang,
• Wenhui Fang,
• Yan Wang and
• Ying-Wei Yang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1262–1267, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.123

• , symmetrical structures, superior host–guest properties, supramolecular assembly characteristics, and versatile functionalities [11][15][16]. Carboxylatopillar[5]arene (CP[5]) is one of the most popular functional pillarenes that has been exploited in many research areas, especially in sensing and detection

Towards the preparation of synthetic outer membrane vesicle models with micromolar affinity to wheat germ agglutinin using a dialkyl thioglycoside

• Dimitri Fayolle,
• Nathalie Berthet,
• Bastien Doumeche,
• Olivier Renaudet,
• Peter Strazewski and
• Michele Fiore

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 937–946, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.90

• solution inevitably cause the disruption of the supramolecular assembly [23]. Analyses under saline stress were not performed as the ultimate aim is to use of those OMV models under physiological conditions. Biological evaluation of the synthesized compounds Competitive enzyme-linked lectin assays (ELLA

Mechanochemistry of supramolecules

• Anima Bose and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 881–900, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.86

• salen-type ligand followed by metal-complex formation in the same pot [55]. Otera’s solvent-free approach by which the formation of self-assembled supramolecules could be accelerated [56]. Synthesis of a Pd-based metalla-supramolecular assembly through mechanochemical activation for C–H-bond activation

Synthesis of diamido-bridged bis-pillar[5]arenes and tris-pillar[5]arenes for construction of unique [1]rotaxanes and bis-[1]rotaxanes

• Ying Han,
• Li-Ming Xu,
• Cui-Yun Nie,
• Shuo Jiang,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1660–1667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.142

• ]rotaxane and [1]rotaxane are one of particular supramolecular assembly system and are considered as an important building block in the construction of diverse MIMs [5][6][7][8][9][10]. [1]Rotaxane has a macrocyclic wheel component connected with a self-locked chain axle, and a bulky stopper at the terminal

New synthetic strategies for xanthene-dye-appended cyclodextrins

• Milo Malanga,
• Andras Darcsi,
• Mihaly Balint,
• Gabor Benkovics,
• Tamas Sohajda and
• Szabolcs Beni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 537–548, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.53

• supramolecular assembly of the xanthene-dye-appended cyclodextrins were developed based on the set of data collected by the extensive NMR characterization. Keywords: DMT-MM; fluorescein; rhodamine; supramolecular assembly; Introduction Cyclodextrins (CDs) are cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of 6, 7 or 8

• model for the supramolecular assembly is also in agreement with previous data about the inclusion complexation of organic dyes with β-CD dimers [26]. In more detail, the analysis of the 2D ROESY spectrum reveals that the methyl units of the rhodamine side chains that resonate at 0.81 ppm (the side

Supramolecular structures based on regioisomers of cinnamyl-α-cyclodextrins – new media for capillary separation techniques

• Gabor Benkovics,
• Ondrej Hodek,
• Martina Havlikova,
• Zuzana Bosakova,
• Pavel Coufal,
• Milo Malanga,
• Eva Fenyvesi,
• Andras Darcsi,
• Szabolcs Beni and
• Jindrich Jindrich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 97–109, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.11

• from the stimuli-responsivity of the system, which means that by adjusting different conditions of separation (temperature, ionic strength, pH, organic co-solvent concentration) it is possible to modulate the characteristics of the supramolecular assembly. The increasing or decreasing size of the SP

• × 10−6 cm2 s−1 at 10 mM concentration and did not change with further increase in the concentration. In the case of supramolecular polymerization the D should continuously decrease with increase in the concentration because of the increasing size of the supramolecular assembly. When the concentration

• initializes the aggregate formation is the host–guest interaction between the monomer units, a DLS experiment was set up in order to measure the aggregate size distribution after successive addition of potential competitive host or guest molecules. We decided to prove, that the size of the supramolecular

Supramolecular polymer assembly in aqueous solution arising from cyclodextrin host–guest complexation

• Jie Wang,
• Zhiqiang Qiu,
• Yiming Wang,
• Li Li,
• Xuhong Guo,
• Duc-Truc Pham,
• Stephen F. Lincoln and
• Robert K. Prud’homme

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 50–72, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.7

• supramolecular assembly is host–guest complexation between cyclodextrin hosts and guest groups either of which may be discrete molecular species or substituents on a polymer backbone. The effects of such complexation on properties at the molecular and macroscopic levels are discussed. It is shown that

• cyclodextrin complexation may be used to design functional polymer materials with tailorable properties, especially for photo-, pH-, thermo- and redox-responsiveness and self-healing. Keywords: cyclodextrin; host–guest; polymer; smart-material; supramolecular; Introduction Supramolecular assembly driven by

Size-controlled and redox-responsive supramolecular nanoparticles

• Raquel Mejia-Ariza,
• Gavin A. Kronig and
• Jurriaan Huskens

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2388–2399, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.260

• moieties from Fc8-PAMAM and CD-PEI, respectively) in aqueous solution (without salt) (a: 0, b: 0.5 and c: 1) used during supramolecular assembly keeping constant the total concentration using [CD] = 100 µM and d) d by DLS and size by HRSEM. DLS size determination of SNPs prepared from CD-PEI and Fc8-PAMAM

• the resulting SNPs by increasing [Fc]/[CD] ratios (in Fc and CD moieties from Fc8-PAMAM and CD-PEI, respectively) using 0.2 M NaCl (a: 0.375, b: 0.50 and c: 0.625) used during supramolecular assembly using [CD] = 100 μM and CD:(Ad + Fc) stoichiometry, and DLS data (d–f) after: d) 20 min, e) 4 h and f

Star-shaped tetrathiafulvalene oligomers towards the construction of conducting supramolecular assembly

• Masahiko Iyoda and
• Masashi Hasegawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1596–1613, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.175

• nanostructured fibers and rods by controlling the supramolecular assembly, oxidation states, and counter anions employed. Keywords: conducting fibers; star-shaped molecules; supramolecular assembly; tetrathiafulvalene oligomers; Introduction Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) chemistry first attracted enthusiastic

• exhibited unique X-ray structures and multi-redox behavior [45][46][47]. Conducting supramolecular assembly of oligo-TTFs The electric conductivities of doped nanofibers and nanorods derived from TTF and its derivatives are measured by mounting them on Au electrodes with a μm-sized spacing. On the other

Selected synthetic strategies to cyclophanes

• Sambasivarao Kotha,
• Mukesh E. Shirbhate and
• Gopalkrushna T. Waghule

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1274–1331, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.142

• (s) between the aromatic rings and also provide flexibility to the overall structure. Cyclophanes play an important role in “host–guest” chemistry [39][40][41][42][43] and supramolecular assembly [44][45][46][47]. “Phane”-containing molecules show interactions with π-systems, and they can also bind

Donor–acceptor type co-crystals of arylthio-substituted tetrathiafulvalenes and fullerenes

• Xiaofeng Lu,
• Jibin Sun,
• Shangxi Zhang,
• Longfei Ma,
• Lei Liu,
• Hui Qi,
• Yongliang Shao and
• Xiangfeng Shao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1043–1051, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.117

• ) connection of two components through covalent bonds [23][24][25][26][27] or (2) supramolecular assembly between TTFs (as host) and fullerene (as guest) [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]. For the formation of the host–guest type supramolecular system, the shape and size complementarity

Potential of acylated peptides to target the influenza A virus

• Daniel Lauster,
• Damian Pawolski,
• Julian Storm,
• Kai Ludwig,
• Rudolf Volkmer,
• Henry Memczak,
• Andreas Herrmann and
• Sumati Bhatia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 589–595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.65

• supramolecular assembly, which allows multivalent interactions. By that, multivalent inhibitors could be designed with antiviral activity in the low micromolar range. Recently, we identified an antiviral peptide, which we derived from the paratope region of an antibody directed against HA binding to the sialic

Release of β-galactosidase from poloxamine/α-cyclodextrin hydrogels

• César A. Estévez,
• José Ramón Isasi,
• Eneko Larrañeta and
• Itziar Vélaz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3127–3135, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.330

• of storage in a desiccator. Inclusion complex (polypseudorotaxane) between α-cyclodextrins and reverse Tetronics. 90R4/α-CD gels loaded with lactase. Octablock Tetronic molecules (grey) are threaded by CDs (red) forming a supramolecular assembly that entraps the protein molecules (blue). FTIR spectra

Self-assembled monolayers of shape-persistent macrocycles on graphite: interior design and conformational polymorphism

• Joscha Vollmeyer,
• Friederike Eberhagen,
• Sigurd Höger and
• Stefan-S. Jester

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2774–2782, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.294

• intraannular strands on the supramolecular assembly in one and two dimensions, a strategy to attach functional units that point away from the surface to the third dimension in a pillar-like fashion, as well as the attachment of groups that selectively bind additional guest molecules that do not self-assemble

Specific DNA duplex formation at an artificial lipid bilayer: fluorescence microscopy after Sybr Green I staining

• Emma Werz and
• Helmut Rosemeyer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2307–2321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.240

• should exist which can only be shielded by solvation of the lipid head groups and of the nucleic acid phosphodiester groups as well as by the metal cations of the surrounding buffer. The supramolecular assembly of all reaction partners might look like as shown in Figure 9. From this figure it can be