Supramolecular photocatalysis: insights into cucurbit[8]uril catalyzed photodimerization of 6-methylcoumarin.

Supramolecular photocatalysis: insights into cucurbit[8]uril catalyzed photodimerization of 6-methylcoumarinwz

Supramolecular catalyst functions in catalytic amount: cucurbit[8]uril accelerates the photodimerization of Brooker’s merocyanine† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04125j

The construction of rigid supramolecular polymers in water through the self-assembly of rod-like monomers and cucurbit[8]uril.

Two new types of supramolecular polymers have been constructed via the self-assembly of rigid rod-like monomers and cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) in water. These supramolecular polymers possessed rigid backbones and further aggregated into stick-like bunched fibres.

Turning Cucurbit[8]uril into a Supramolecular Nanoreactor for Asymmetric Catalysis

Chiral macromolecules have been widely used as synthetic pockets to mimic natural enzymes and promote asymmetric reactions. An achiral host, cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]), was used for an asymmetric Lewis acid catalyzed Diels-Alder reaction. We achieved a remarkable increase in enantioselectivity and a large rate acceleration in the presence of the nanoreactor by using an amino acid as the chiral sou...

Cucurbit[8]uril-based supramolecular polymers: promoting supramolecular polymerization by metal-coordination.

Linear supramolecular polymers were obtained in aqueous solution by employing cucurbit[8]uril-based host-guest interaction as the driving force. Water-soluble monomers were prepared through direct metal-coordination. The rigid and bulky terpyridine-Fe linker can effectively enhance the monomer's solubility and suppress its cyclization, thereby promoting supramolecular polymerization.