Abstract
Supramolecular chirality has an exciting potential in mimetic enzyme, asymmetric catalyst, separation and analysis of enantiomers, explanation of chiral origin, information recording and reading, functional nanomaterials, and so on. With calixarenes as building blocks, supramolecular chirality with various topologies such as propeller type, single helix, double helices, triple helices and quintuple helices, helical nanotubes, β-sheets, chiral cavity and capsule, (10,3)-a net topology, chiral Kagome lattice, chiral metal nanomaterials, as well as many other asymmetric aggregates existing in solution, solid state and even on two dimensional surface can be realized. This review describes the research works about supramolecular chirality based on calixarenes.
Keywords: Calixarenes, supramolecular chirality, self-assembly, asymmetric catalyst, propeller type, quintuple helices, β-sheets, chiral Kagome lattice, chiral metal nanomaterials, hydrophobic cavity, mimetic enzyme, helical nanofibers, nonlinear optical (NLO), stoichiometry
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Catalytic C-H bond activation as a tool for functionalization of heterocycles
The major topic is the functionalization of heterocycles through catalyzed C-H bond activation. The strategies based on C-H activation not only provide straightforward formation of C-C or C-X bonds but, more importantly, allow for the avoidance of pre-functionalization of one or two of the cross-coupling partners. The beneficial impact of ...read more
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