Vital significance of addition of “shape similarity” between solutes to shape complementarity for more precise molecular recognition in aqueous binary solvents

Endo, Tadashi

doi:10.1002/tcr.201100001

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“…In this context, the new millennium has witnessed tremendous development in the generation of some novel porphyrin systems by incorporating into them some suitable foreign host material, called molecular receptors. Molecular receptors are macrocyclic, three-dimensional host molecules with guest inclusion capabilities to ensure strong and precise molecular recognition [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ]. Molecular recognition using synthetic compounds is a process where some molecules (hosts) selectively bind other molecules or ions (guests) to produce a well structurally organized system through intermolecular forces and to mimic the mode of action of a natural enzyme by catalyzing specific reactions at ambient conditions.…”

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Molecular Assemblies of Porphyrins and Macrocyclic Receptors: Recent Developments in Their Synthesis and Applications

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Metalloporphyrins which form the core of many bioenzymes and natural light harvesting or electron transport systems, exhibit a variety of selective functional properties depending on the state and surroundings with which they exist in biological systems. The specificity and ease with which they function in each of their bio-functions appear to be largely governed by the nature and disposition of the protein globule around the porphyrin reaction center. Synthetic porphyrin frameworks confined within or around a pre-organized molecular entity like the protein network in natural systems have attracted considerable attraction, especially in the field of biomimetic reactions. At the same time a large number of macrocyclic oligomers such as calixarenes, resorcinarenes, spherands, cyclodextrins and crown ethers have been investigated in detail as efficient molecular receptors. These molecular receptors are synthetic host molecules with enclosed interiors, which are designed three dimensionally to ensure strong and precise molecular encapsulation/recognition. Due to their complex structures, enclosed guest molecules reside in an environment isolated from the outside and as a consequence, physical properties and chemical reactions specific to that environment in these guest species can be identified. The facile incorporation of such molecular receptors into the highly photoactive and catalytically efficient porphyrin framework allows for convenient design of useful molecular systems with unique structural and functional properties. Such systems have provided over the years attractive model systems for the study of various biological and chemical processes, and the design of new materials and molecular devices. This review focuses on the recent developments in the synthesis of porphyrin assemblies associated with cyclodextrins, calixarenes and resorcinarenes and their potential applications in the fields of molecular encapsulation/recognition, and chemical catalysis.

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