Guest-induced supramolecular chirality in a ditopic azoprobe-cyclodextrin complex in water

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Sep 11;50(70):10059-61. doi: 10.1039/c4cc04227a.

Abstract

We report a novel supramolecular chirality induced by the twisted structural change of two ditopic azoprobes (15C5-Azo-dpa) inside the chiral cavity of γ-cyclodextrin (γ-CyD) due to multi-point recognition of guest ions by 15C5-Azo-dpa molecules in water.