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Calixarenes and Resorcinarenes

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2013) | Viewed by 13549

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Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023, USA
Interests: calixarenes chemistry; methylene-bridge-substituted calixarenes; azide-terminated calixarenes; di- and tricalixarenes

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Calixarenes and resorcinarenes are families of macrocyclic species that have become a broad field of chemical research over the past few decades. This area flourishes and is vibrant today as these molecules are studied in areas such as catalysis, molecular recognition, sensing, and devices. At the forefront, researchers around the world are developing yet more elaborate molecular and supramolecular chemistry of these versatile molecules and expanding their application into previously unexplored fields. With this special issue of Molecules, we seek previously unpublished manuscripts on the chemistry of calixarenes and resorcinarenes, including their synthesis, structure, properties, and applications.

Dr. Jordan L. Fantini,
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • aggregation
  • calixarenes
  • host-guest systems
  • molecular devices
  • molecular recognition
  • multivalency
  • nanostructures
  • pi interactions
  • receptors
  • resorcinarenes
  • self-assembly
  • Supramolecular chemistry
  • thiacalixarenes
  • water-soluble receptors

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Anionic Calixarene-Capped Silver Nanoparticles Show Species-Dependent Binding to Serum Albumins
by Yannick Tauran, Arnaud Brioude, Beomjoon Kim, Florent Perret and Anthony W. Coleman
Molecules 2013, 18(5), 5993-6007; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules18055993 - 21 May 2013
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The anionic calixarenes para-sulphonatocalix[4]arene and 1,3-di-Ophosphonatocalix[ 4]arene, have been used to cap silver nanoparticles. The binding of these functional particles with regard to various serum albumins (bovine serum albumin, human serum albumin, porcine serum albumin and sheep serum albumin) has been studied by [...] Read more.
The anionic calixarenes para-sulphonatocalix[4]arene and 1,3-di-Ophosphonatocalix[ 4]arene, have been used to cap silver nanoparticles. The binding of these functional particles with regard to various serum albumins (bovine serum albumin, human serum albumin, porcine serum albumin and sheep serum albumin) has been studied by variable temperature fluorescence spectroscopy. The quenching of the fluorescence of the proteins was shown to vary as a function of the anionic calixarene capping molecule and also as a function of the origin of the serum albumin. It is thus possible to discriminate between the different species. Full article
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The Third Dimension of Reading the Sugar Code by Lectins: Design of Glycoclusters with Cyclic Scaffolds as Tools with the Aim to Define Correlations between Spatial Presentation and Activity
by Paul V. Murphy, Sabine André and Hans-Joachim Gabius
Molecules 2013, 18(4), 4026-4053; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules18044026 - 04 Apr 2013
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Coding of biological information is not confined to nucleic acids and proteins. Endowed with the highest level of structural versatility among biomolecules, the glycan chains of cellular glycoconjugates are well-suited to generate molecular messages/signals in a minimum of space. The sequence and shape [...] Read more.
Coding of biological information is not confined to nucleic acids and proteins. Endowed with the highest level of structural versatility among biomolecules, the glycan chains of cellular glycoconjugates are well-suited to generate molecular messages/signals in a minimum of space. The sequence and shape of oligosaccharides as well as spatial aspects of multivalent presentation are assumed to underlie the natural specificity/selectivity that cellular glycans have for endogenous lectins. In order to eventually unravel structure-activity profiles cyclic scaffolds have been used as platforms to produce glycoclusters and afford valuable tools. Using adhesion/growth-regulatory galectins and the pan-galectin ligand lactose as a model, emerging insights into the potential of cyclodextrins, cyclic peptides, calixarenes and glycophanes for this purpose are presented herein. The systematic testing of lectin panels with spatially defined ligand presentations can be considered as a biomimetic means to help clarify the mechanisms, which lead to the exquisite accuracy at which endogenous lectins select their physiological counterreceptors from the complexity of the cellular glycome. Full article
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