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Cucurbit[n]urils (CB[n]s) undergo structural changes upon guest binding. A new tool, ElliptiCB[n], automates the measurement of these host deformations, revealing significant impacts of guest inclusion on CB[n] flexibility.

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  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Structural Biology

Background:

  • Cucurbit[n]urils (CB[n]s) are macrocyclic hosts with extensive host-guest chemistry.
  • Guest binding often induces significant structural deformations in CB[n] hosts.
  • Quantifying these host deformations is challenging, with limited manual estimations available.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a robust, automated method for measuring elliptical deformations in CB[n] hosts.
  • To analyze the structural flexibility and host-guest interactions of various CB[n] macrocycles.
  • To provide a standardized approach for ellipticity measurements in CB[n] research.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the public program ElliptiCB[n] for automated ellipticity measurement.
  • Application of ElliptiCB[n] to analyze 1113 CB[n] structures from the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD).
  • Investigation of structural deformations in CB[5], CB[6], CB[7], CB[8], and CB[10] hosts and their complexes.

Main Results:

  • ElliptiCB[n] provides a robust and automated method for quantifying CB[n] host deformations.
  • Guest binding significantly impacts the distribution of host ellipticity across various CB[n] macrocycles.
  • Ellipticity distributions differ notably between host-guest complexes of differently sized CB[n]s.

Conclusions:

  • The ElliptiCB[n] program offers a valuable tool for understanding CB[n] host flexibility.
  • Guest inclusion plays a critical role in modulating the structural deformations of cucurbit[n]urils.
  • This work facilitates future standardization and measurement of ellipticity in CB[n] research.