Cavitas y anfitriones rigidificados en agua: huéspedes doblados, selectividad de forma y encapsulación

Ji-Min Yang1, Yong-Qing Chen2, Yang Yu2

  • 1Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.

Resumen

Se han sintetizado dos nuevos huéspedes de cavidad solubles en agua con extremos rigidificados. Estos compuestos contenedores se unen selectivamente a varios huéspedes, incluidos los alcanos, los compuestos hidrófilos y los isómeros, lo que permite aplicaciones de separación.

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