Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Molecular recognition by multiple metal coordination inside wavy-stacked macrocycles

  • Takashi Nakamura,
  • Yuya Kaneko,
  • Eiji Nishibori,
  • Tatsuya Nabeshima

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00076-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Synergistic use of coordination bonds that are strong and reversible realizes unique molecular recognition in artificial systems. Here, the authors show that a zinc-based metallomacrocyle can bind dicarboxylic acids of suitable length at specific metal sites by shape deformation and dimerization.