Metallo??Controlled Dynamic Molecular Tweezers: Design, Synthesis, and Self??Assembly by Metal??Ion Coordination

S Ulrich, A Petitjean, JM Lehn

Index: Ulrich, Sebastien; Petitjean, Anne; Lehn, Jean-Marie European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2010 , # 13 p. 1913 - 1928

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Abstract

Abstract The introduction of controllable dynamic features into synthetic receptors represents a step towards “smart” adaptive nanodevices. We report herein our studies on the construction of dynamic molecular tweezers in which the binding of a substrate is allosterically controlled through shape switching of the receptor induced by metal-ion coordination. 1D, 2D NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography were used to identify ...