Selective C70 encapsulation by a robust octameric nanospheroid held together by 48 cooperative hydrogen bonds

• DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15109
• Publication Date: 2017-05-10T12:27:50Z
• Authors: Grzegorz Markiewicz; Anna Jenczak; Michał Kołodziejski; Julian J. Holstein; Jeremy K. M. Sanders; Artur R Stefankie...
• Keywords: Enantiopure drug

Abstract Self-assembly of multiple building blocks via hydrogen bonds into well-defined nanoconstructs with selective binding function remains one the foremost challenges in supramolecular chemistry. Here, we report discovery a enantiopure nanocapsule that is formed through self-assembly eight amino acid functionalised molecules nonpolar solvents 48 bonds. The remarkably robust, being stable at low and high temperatures, presence base, presumably due to co-operative geometry bonding motif. Thanks small pore sizes, large internal cavity sufficient dynamicity, able recognize encapsulate aromatic guests such as fullerenes C 60 70 . structural electronic complementary between host leads its preferential from mixture