“…We have demonstrated that the chirality of pillar[n]arene derivatives could be manipulated by external stimuli, including temperature, redox, light, and pressure ( Yao et al, 2017 ; Xiao et al, 2020 ; Yao et al, 2021a ; Yao et al, 2021b ). The synthetic approaches for obtaining chiral pillar[5]arenes include introducing chiral or bulky groups on the openings, fusing a side ring onto one subunit, or threading with an axle to block the interconversion between S p and R p conformers ( Ogoshi et al, 2011 ; Chen et al, 2013 ; Strutt et al, 2014b ; Shurpik et al, 2016 ; Li Q. et al, 2019 ; Ma et al, 2019 ; Zhang et al, 2019 ). However, pillar[5]arenes’ planar-chiral S p and R p enantiomers need to be separated by HPLC enantio-resolution of the racemic mixture to study their chiroptical properties.…”