NEVA , Tania

The judicious combination of shaping and recognition elements in cage-type architectures represents a powerful strategy to access molecular devices with tailored receptor properties and controlled abilities to form supramolecular assemblies. Aromatic modules are particularly attractive for these endeavors: they can play the role of rigid walls...

The presence of a doubly-linked naphthylene clip at the O-2I and O-3II positions in the secondary ring of β-cyclodextrin (βCD) derivatives promoted their self-assembly into head-to-head supramolecular dimers in which the aromatic modules act either as cavity extension walls (if the naphthalene moiety is 1,8-disubstituted) or as folding screens...