Progressive Folding and Adaptive Multivalent Recognition of Alkyl Amines and Amino Acids in p-Sulfonatocalix[4]arene Hosts: Solid-State and Solution Studies

Liya Dai; Wei-Xu Feng; Shao-Ping Zheng; Ji-Jun Jiang; Dawei Wang; Arie van der Lee; Dan Dumitrescu; Mihail Barboiu

doi:10.1002/cplu.202000433

Progressive Folding and Adaptive Multivalent Recognition of Alkyl Amines and Amino Acids in p-Sulfonatocalix[4]arene Hosts: Solid-State and Solution Studies

Chempluschem. 2020 Aug;85(8):1615. doi: 10.1002/cplu.202000433. Epub 2020 Jul 21.

Authors

Liya Dai¹, Wei-Xu Feng², Shao-Ping Zheng¹, Ji-Jun Jiang¹, Dawei Wang¹, Arie van der Lee³, Dan Dumitrescu⁴, Mihail Barboiu^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China.
² Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shannxi, 710129, P. R. China.
³ Institut Europeen des Membranes, Adaptive Supramolecular Nanosystems Group, University of Montpellier, ENSCM-CNRS, Place E. Bataillon CC047, 34095, Montpellier, France.
⁴ XRD2 beamline, Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Strada Statale 14 - km 163,5 in AREA Science Park, 34149, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy.

PMID: 32696616
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000433

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover is the group of Dr. Mihail Barboiu from the Institut Europeen des Membranes of Montpellier, France and the Lehn Institute of Functional Materials at Sun-yat Sen University in Guangzhou, China. The cover picture shows the molecular recognition of folded 1,ω-amino-acids guests within p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene host anions stabilized with alternating hydrated cations and water molecules. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/cplu.202000232.