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Supramolecular assemblies derived from methyl-substituted cucurbit[5]uril and lanthanide nitrates (2024)
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Yuan, S. W., Dai, X., Lu, J. H., Ma, P. H., Dalgarno, S. J., Redshaw, C., Tao, Z., & Xiao, X. (2024). Supramolecular assemblies derived from methyl-substituted cucurbit[5]uril and lanthanide nitrates. Heliyon, 10(13), Article e32936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32936

Interaction of the lanthanide nitrates M(NO3)3 (M = Gd, Eu) with methylcucurbit[5]uril (Me10Q[5]) in the presence of transition metal chlorides (ZnCl2 and FeCl3) in acidic media resulted in the isolation of the complexes [Me10Q[5]Gd(H2O)2Cl Gd(H2O)6]... Read More about Supramolecular assemblies derived from methyl-substituted cucurbit[5]uril and lanthanide nitrates.

Double-cavity cucurbiturils: synthesis, structures, properties, and applications (2024)
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Li, Q., Yu, Z., Redshaw, C., Xiao, X., & Tao, Z. (2024). Double-cavity cucurbiturils: synthesis, structures, properties, and applications. Chemical Society Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cs00961k

Double-cavity Q[n]s are relatively new members of the Q[n] family and have garnered significant interest due to their distinctive structures and novel properties. While they incorporate n glycoluril units, akin to their single-cavity counterparts, th... Read More about Double-cavity cucurbiturils: synthesis, structures, properties, and applications.

Detection of basic amino acids under highly alkaline conditions using a perylene amine-derived probe (2024)
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Zhang, T. T., Lu, Y., Lu, J. H., Zhao, A. T., Redshaw, C., & Xiao, X. (2024). Detection of basic amino acids under highly alkaline conditions using a perylene amine-derived probe. Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 309, Article 123835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2024.123835

pH plays a crucial part in numerous chemical and physiological processes. In this work, a new perylene diimide derivative that acts as a pH-sensitive dye with Bay Area Carboxylic Acid functionality. The derivative utilizes the outstanding thermal, ch... Read More about Detection of basic amino acids under highly alkaline conditions using a perylene amine-derived probe.

Supramolecular Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Hydrogel Based on Hexamethyl Cucurbit[5]uril for Cell Imaging (2023)
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Sun, X. R., Yang, H. P., Zhang, W., Zhang, S., Hu, J. H., Liu, M., …Xiao, X. (2023). Supramolecular Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Hydrogel Based on Hexamethyl Cucurbit[5]uril for Cell Imaging. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c17891

The host-guest interaction between hexamethyl cucurbit[5]uril (HmeQ[5]) and 1,4-diaminobenzene (DB) was investigated, and a new low-molecular-weight supramolecular gel was prepared by a simple heating/mixing cooling method. The structure and properti... Read More about Supramolecular Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Hydrogel Based on Hexamethyl Cucurbit[5]uril for Cell Imaging.

A study of the supramolecular assembly formed by cucurbit[7]uril and 4-cyanophenol (2023)
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Yu, Z. C., Lu, Y., Zhao, J., Dai, J. J., Chen, G. R., Shan, P. H., …Xiao, X. (2023). A study of the supramolecular assembly formed by cucurbit[7]uril and 4-cyanophenol. Journal of molecular structure, 1278, Article 134969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.134969

The binding interaction between 4-cyanophenol (4-CY) and cucurbit[7]uril has been studied using 1H NMR spectroscopy, UV–vis absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The corresponding absorption and emission spectr... Read More about A study of the supramolecular assembly formed by cucurbit[7]uril and 4-cyanophenol.

Supramolecular structural control: photochemical reactions between styrylpyridine derivative and cucurbit[7,8]urils (2023)
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Yuan, S. W., Wu, H., Yang, X. N., Yang, M. X., Luo, Y., Min, W., …Xiao, X. (2023). Supramolecular structural control: photochemical reactions between styrylpyridine derivative and cucurbit[7,8]urils. New journal of chemistry = Nouveau journal de chimie, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2nj03718a

The use of cucurbit[n]urils to control the photochemical reactions of styrylpyridine salts has become a new strategy in supramolecular chemistry. In an aqueous solution, styrylpyridine derivatives (CHP) can form supramolecular complexes of the 1:2 an... Read More about Supramolecular structural control: photochemical reactions between styrylpyridine derivative and cucurbit[7,8]urils.

Supramolecular self-assembly between symmetric tetramethyl cucurbit[6]uril and dimethylphenylpiperazine hydrochloride (2022)
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Hu, J. H., Yu, Z. C., Zhang, J. Y., Liu, Z. N., Hou, R. X., Xiong, Y., …Xiao, X. (2023). Supramolecular self-assembly between symmetric tetramethyl cucurbit[6]uril and dimethylphenylpiperazine hydrochloride. Polyhedron, 230, Article 116241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2022.116241

The interaction between symmetric tetramethyl cucurbit[6]uril (TMeQ[6]) and 2,3-dimethylphenylpiperazine hydrochloride (PMY) has been studied in the presence of [CdCl4]2-. Each port of the TMeQ[6] is connected to PMY through weak interactions such as... Read More about Supramolecular self-assembly between symmetric tetramethyl cucurbit[6]uril and dimethylphenylpiperazine hydrochloride.

Supramolecular assemblies of cucurbit[n]urils and 4-aminopyridine controlled by cucurbit[n]uril size (n = 5, 6, 7 and 8) (2022)
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Lu, Y., Yu, Z., Yang, X., Dai, J., Shan, P., Feng, X., …Xiao, X. (2023). Supramolecular assemblies of cucurbit[n]urils and 4-aminopyridine controlled by cucurbit[n]uril size (n = 5, 6, 7 and 8). Chinese Chemical Letters, 34(7), Article 108040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2022.108040

The binding interactions between 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) and a series of cucurbit[n]urils (Q[5], Q[6], TMeQ[6], Q[7], Q[8]) have been studied using 1H NMR spectroscopy, UV–vis absorption spectroscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and X-ray c... Read More about Supramolecular assemblies of cucurbit[n]urils and 4-aminopyridine controlled by cucurbit[n]uril size (n = 5, 6, 7 and 8).

Host-guest inclusion complexes formed between a symmetrical tetrasubstituted cucurbit[6]uril and glycine (2022)
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Yuan, S. W., Shan, P. H., Yang, M. X., Yang, M. X., Ma, P. H., Prior, T. J., …Xiao, X. (2022). Host-guest inclusion complexes formed between a symmetrical tetrasubstituted cucurbit[6]uril and glycine. CrystEngComm, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ce01308h

Herein, we have investigated the host-guest inclusion complexes formed on interaction of the symmetric tetramethyl-substituted cucurbit[6]uril (TMeQ[6]) with glycine (Gly) under different conditions. The interactions have been studied both in solutio... Read More about Host-guest inclusion complexes formed between a symmetrical tetrasubstituted cucurbit[6]uril and glycine.

Preparation of pelargonic acid vesicles and sustained drug release (2022)
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Wang, Z., Zhang, Y., Chen, Q., Xiao, X., & Redshaw, C. (2023). Preparation of pelargonic acid vesicles and sustained drug release. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 101(2), 99-109. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjc-2022-0075

This study has selected the medium-chain saturated fatty acid pelargonic acid as the raw material for the first time, and added the surface catalyst Tween 80 to the aqueous solution to form pelargonic acid–Tween 80 composite vesicles by a surface ten... Read More about Preparation of pelargonic acid vesicles and sustained drug release.

New dual-mode orthogonal tunable fluorescence systems based on cucurbit[8]uril: White light, 3D printing, and anti-counterfeit applications (2022)
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Zhang, T. T., Yang, X. N., Hu, J. H., Luo, Y., Liu, H. J., Tao, Z., …Redshaw, C. (2023). New dual-mode orthogonal tunable fluorescence systems based on cucurbit[8]uril: White light, 3D printing, and anti-counterfeit applications. Chemical Engineering Journal, 452, Article 138960. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.138960

In this work, we have utilized a supramolecular approach to control emission, and generate white light and have applied the system to both 3D printing and counterfeiting applications. In particular, we report two new dual-mode orthogonal tunable fluo... Read More about New dual-mode orthogonal tunable fluorescence systems based on cucurbit[8]uril: White light, 3D printing, and anti-counterfeit applications.

A novel pillar[5]arene-cucurbit[10]uril based host-guest complex: Synthesis, characterization and detection of paraquat (2022)
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Luo, Y., Zhang, W., Zhao, J., Yang, M. X., Ren, Q., Redshaw, C., Tao, Z., & Xiao, X. (2023). A novel pillar[5]arene-cucurbit[10]uril based host-guest complex: Synthesis, characterization and detection of paraquat. Chinese Chemical Letters, 34(3), Article 107780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2022.107780

The macrocyclic family comprising pillar[n]arenes and cucurbit[n]urils have received much attention recently. However, studies on the construction of supramolecular complexes formed directly with derivatized pillar[n]arenes and cucurbit[n]urils are s... Read More about A novel pillar[5]arene-cucurbit[10]uril based host-guest complex: Synthesis, characterization and detection of paraquat.

A Study of the Interaction between Cucurbit[7]uril and Alkyl Substituted 4-Pyrrolidinopyridinium Salts (2020)
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Xu, W., Zhu, X., Bian, B., Xiao, X., Tao, Z., & Redshaw, C. (2020). A Study of the Interaction between Cucurbit[7]uril and Alkyl Substituted 4-Pyrrolidinopyridinium Salts. Chemistry, 2(2), 262-273. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry2020017

The interaction between cucurbit[7]uril (Q[7]) and a series of 4-pyrrolidinopyridinium salts bearing aliphatic substituents at the pyridinium nitrogen, namely 4-(C4H8N)C5H5NRBr, where R = H (C0), Et (C2), n-butyl (C4), n-hexyl (C6), has been studied... Read More about A Study of the Interaction between Cucurbit[7]uril and Alkyl Substituted 4-Pyrrolidinopyridinium Salts.