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Directed Assembly of Elastin-like Proteins into defined Supramolecular Structures and Cargo Encapsulation In Vitro
Published on: April 8, 2020
Encapsulation of small molecules by a cavitand porphyrin self-assembled via quadruple hydrogen bonds
Jun Nakazawa1, Maki Mizuki, Yuichi Shimazaki
1Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Abstract:
A new and stable quadruple hydrogen-bonded capsule, tetracarboxylcavitand.meso-tetra(2-pyridyl)porphyrin (1 x 2) has been synthesized and spectroscopically characterized. 1 x 2 can encapsulate small molecules of various size from methane to cyclopentane. The guest and host exchange rates were evaluated by EXSY.
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