Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Hyper-CEST NMR of metal organic polyhedral cages reveals hidden diastereomers with diverse guest exchange kinetics

  • Jabadurai Jayapaul,
  • Sanna Komulainen,
  • Vladimir V. Zhivonitko,
  • Jiří Mareš,
  • Chandan Giri,
  • Kari Rissanen,
  • Perttu Lantto,
  • Ville-Veikko Telkki,
  • Leif Schröder

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29249-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Self-assembling nanostructures that trap guest molecules find applications in materials research and the life sciences. Here, authors describe how ultra-sensitive NMR reveals sub-types with broken symmetry that significantly impacts guest exchange.