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Mini Review
09 October 2019
The Supramolecular Chemistry of Cycloparaphenylenes and Their Analogs
Dapeng Lu
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Pingwu Du
Supramolecular complexes with non-fullerene compounds: (A) The potassium salt of a CPP tetraanion: 4 K+/[8]CPP.4- (B) The η6 mono-coordinated CPP complexes. (C) Tri-coordinated complex of ruthenium with [6]CPP. (D) Pd(II) coordinated with two 2,2′-bipyridine-embedded [8]CPPs (bipy-[8]CPP) to form (bipy-[8]CPP)-Pd(II)-(bipy-[8]CPP) complex. (E) A ternary complex: [15]CPP⊃[10]CPP⊃C60. (F) [18]CPP catenane. (G) Emissive triazole rotaxanes and non-emissive diyne rotaxane. (H) The bowl-shaped corannulenes were encapsulated by [4]CC host through multiple weak CH-π contacts.

Cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs) and their analogs have recently attracted much attention due to their aesthetical structures and optoelectronic properties with radial π-conjugation systems. The past 10 years have witnessed a remarkable advancement in CPPs research, from synthetic methodology to optoelectronic investigations. In this present minireview, we highlight the supramolecular chemistry of CPPs and their analogs, mainly focusing on the size-selective encapsulation of fullerenes, endohedral metallofullerenes, and small molecules by these hoop-shaped macrocycles. We will also discuss the assembly of molecular bearings using some belt-persistent tubular cycloarylene molecules and fullerenes, photoinduced electron transfer properties in supramolecular systems containing carbon nanohoop hosts and fullerene guests, as well as the shape recognition properties for structure self-sorting by using dumbbell-shaped dimer of [60]fullerene ligand. Besides, the supramolecular complexes with guest molecules other than fullerenes, such as CPPs themselves, iodine, pyridinium cations, and bowl-shaped corannulene, are also discussed.

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Review
13 September 2019

The supramolecular chemistry of cucurbit[n]urils (CBn) has been rapidly developing to encompass diverse medicinal applications, including drug formulation and delivery, controlled drug release, and sensing for bioanalytical purposes. This is made possible by their unique recognition properties and very low cytotoxicity. In this review, we summarize the host-guest complexation of biologically important molecules with CBn, and highlight their implementation in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology.

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