Cagearenes: synthesis, characterization, and application for programmed vapour release

Abstract

Here, we announce the establishment of a new family of organic molecular cages, named cagearenes, by taking advantage of a versatile strategy. That is precursors grafted by 1,4-dimethoxybenzene groups are...

Macrocycle with Equatorial Coordination Sites Provides New Opportunity for Structure-Diverse Metallacages

“…Molecular cages are widely utilized in catalysis, drug delivery, smart materials, chemical sensors, etc., due to their diverse building blocks, various geometry, and rich inner cavities [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]. Rebek and coworkers employed a cylindrical capsule as a nanoscale container for the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between phenylazide and phenylacetylene.…”

A Benzothiadiazole-Based Self-Assembled Cage for Cadmium Detection

“…Molecular cages, as one of the supramolecular architectures, provide a synthetic three-dimensional cavity for binding guests, and offer a window for mimicking biological processes in nature [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ]. Since the first synthesis of cryptands and cavitands in 1969by Jean-Marie Lehn and co-workers [ 9 ], various synthetic molecular cages have been reported and have found a variety of potential applications in gas separation [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ], catalysis [ 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ], molecular sensing, and other fields [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 ]. Among them, the synthesis of molecular cages by the self-assembly method has attracted extensive attention in recent years due to its simple synthesis and high yield.…”

Pillar[n]arene–calix[m]arene hybrid macrocyclic structures

“…Among them, cyclophanes 19–21 with repeated aromatic moieties, such as pillar[ n ]arene 22–28 and calix[ m ]arene 29–34 (Scheme 1), have attracted considerable academic and practical attention. 35 For example, owing to the presence of multivalent modification sites, 36 the structural skeletons of both pillar[ n ]arene and calix[ m ]arene could be directly used as the backbone for embedding valuable functional groups for various applications to water-soluble 37 self-assembled amphiphiles, 38–41 advanced hierarchical architectures, 42,43 such as metal organic frameworks, 44–48 as well as energy storage and batteries. 49,50…”

“…advanced hierarchical architectures, 42,43 such as metal organic frameworks, [44][45][46][47][48] as well as energy storage and batteries. 49,50 Actually, owing to the presence of similar aromatic oligomeric structures, the development of novel structures and applications of pillar[n]arene 51 has always resembled those of calix[m]arene.…”