Guest-induced supramolecular chirality in a ditopic azoprobe–cyclodextrin complex in water

Kentaro Nonaka, Mai Yamaguchi, Masashi Yasui, Shoji Fujiwara, Takeshi Hashimoto, Takashi Hayashita

Chemical Communications · 2014 · 20 citations · 32 references

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Abstract

We report a novel supramolecular chirality induced by the twisted structural change of two ditopic azoprobes (15C5-Azo-dpa) inside the chiral cavity of γ-cyclodextrin (γ-CyD) due to multi-point recognition of guest ions by 15C5-Azo-dpa molecules in water.

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