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  • Open Access
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Reversed-phase chromatography stationary phases (such as C18) are widely used in commercial high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). However, when dealing with complex mixtures, they often exhibit limited separation capabilities and peak tailin...

(This article belongs to the Section Chromatographic Separations)
  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
6,047 Views
15 Pages

Macrocyclic Compounds for Drug and Gene Delivery in Immune-Modulating Therapy

  • Hongzhen Bai,
  • Jianwei Wang,
  • Zhongbao Li and
  • Guping Tang

For decades, macrocyclic compounds have been widely applied in various fields owing to essential physicochemical properties such as their rigid cyclic structures, geometric dimensions (diameter and height), hydrophobic cavity, and hydrophilic interfa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Host-Guest Complexes)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,283 Views
12 Pages

19 November 2020

Vapochromic materials, which change color and luminescence when exposed to specific vapors and gases, have attracted considerable attention in recent years owing to their potential applications in a wide range of fields such as chemical sensors and e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Chemical Symmetry Breaking)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,790 Views
12 Pages

Functionalization of the Surface of Porous Nickel–Titanium Alloy with Macrocyclic Compounds

  • Ekaterina Marchenko,
  • Venera Luchsheva,
  • Gulsharat Baigonakova,
  • Abdigali Bakibaev and
  • Alexander Vorozhtsov

21 December 2022

For the first time, we performed functionalization of the surface of porous titanium nickelide alloys with bambusuril[6]-based macrocyclic compounds by different methods in order to provide the basis for saturation with therapeutic agents to impart a...

(This article belongs to the Section Biomaterials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,637 Views
17 Pages

Macrocyclic Compounds: Metal Oxide Particles Nanocomposite Thin Films Deposited by MAPLE

  • Marcela Socol,
  • Nicoleta Preda,
  • Carmen Breazu,
  • Andreea Costas and ,
  • Oana Rasoga,
  • Gabriela Petre,
  • Gianina Popescu-Pelin,
  • Sorina Iftimie,
  • Andrei Stochioiu and
  • Anca Stanculescu
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

21 March 2023

Nanocomposite films based on macrocyclic compounds (zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) and 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-pyridyl) 21H,23H-porphyrin (TPyP)) and metal oxide nanoparticles (ZnO or CuO) were deposited by matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE). 1,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Optoelectronic Functional Thin Films)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,226 Views
16 Pages

Macrocyclic Compounds Comprising Tris(3-Aminopropyl)Amine Units and Fluorophore Moieties: Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies in the Presence of Metal Salts

  • Daria S. Kuliukhina,
  • Nataliya M. Chernichenko,
  • Alexei D. Averin,
  • Anton S. Abel and ,
  • Olga A. Maloshitskaya and
  • Irina P. Beletskaya
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The synthesis of a variety of polyazamacrocyclic compounds comprising structural units of tris(3-aminopropyl)amine (TRPN) and oxadiamines, decorated with one or two fluorophore groups (dansyl or quinoline) at different nitrogen atoms, was carried out...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fluorescence Sensing)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,727 Views
38 Pages

29 April 2022

The profound pharmacological properties of macrocyclic compounds have led to their development as drugs. In conformationally pre-organized ring structures, the multiple functions and stereochemical complexity provided by the macrocycle result in high...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design, Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship of Small-Molecule Inhibitors)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access

A new class of 32-membered Schiff-base macrocyclic system incorporated with hard (N) and soft donor chalcogen atoms (E = Se/Te) has been synthesized via the condensation of β-tellurocyclohexenal with 3,3′-selenobis(propan-1-amine) and 3,3&...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,641 Views
4 Pages

12 December 2024

Macrocycles represent an important class of compounds that are widespread in nature. Of particular interest to researchers are aromatic macrocyclic compounds, which, due to their rigid structure and unique physicochemical properties, can find applica...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 28th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,178 Views
14 Pages

26 January 2023

The enantioselective potential of two macrocyclic glycopeptide-based chiral stationary phases for analysis of 28 structurally diverse biologically active compounds such as derivatives of pyrovalerone, ketamine, cathinone, and other representatives of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Chiral Chromatography Analysis of Natural and Bioactive Compounds)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,417 Views
15 Pages

Synthesis and Reactivity of Oligo(ethylene glycol)-Tethered Morita–Baylis–Hillman Dimers in the Formation of Macrocyclic Structures Showing Remarkable Cytotoxicity

  • Marco Paolino,
  • Mario Saletti,
  • Jacopo Venditti,
  • Arianna Zacchei and ,
  • Alessandro Donati,
  • Claudia Bonechi,
  • Germano Giuliani,
  • Stefania Lamponi and
  • Andrea Cappelli
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

27 March 2025

Background/Objectives: Crown ethers have received increasing interest owing to their ability to form stable complexes with cations. This molecular feature has been successfully exploited in the development of biologically relevant ionophores. Methods...

(This article belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,381 Views
28 Pages

Products of Photo- and Thermochemical Rearrangement of 19-Membered di-tert-Butyl-Azoxybenzocrown

  • Ewa Wagner-Wysiecka,
  • Paulina Szulc,
  • Elżbieta Luboch,
  • Jarosław Chojnacki and ,
  • Paweł Sowiński and
  • Katarzyna Szwarc-Karabyka
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 March 2022

The preparation and characterization of products of the photochemical and thermochemical rearrangements of 19-membered azoxybenzocrowns with two, bulky, tert-butyl substituents in benzene rings in the para positions to oligooxyethylene fragments (met...

(This article belongs to the Section Organic Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
8,910 Views
18 Pages

[15]aneN4S: Synthesis, Thermodynamic Studies and Potential Applications in Chelation Therapy

  • Nuno Torres,
  • Sandrina Gonçalves,
  • Ana S. Fernandes,
  • J. Franco Machado and ,
  • Maria J. Villa De Brito,
  • Nuno G. Oliveira,
  • Matilde Castro,
  • Judite Costa and
  • Maria F. Cabral
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

3 January 2014

The purpose of this work was to synthesize and characterize the thiatetraaza macrocycle 1-thia-4,7,10,13-tetraazacyclopentadecane ([15]aneN4S). Its acid-base behaviour was studied by potentiometry at 25 °C and ionic strength 0.10 M in KNO3. The proto...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Macrocyclic Chemistry)
  • Review
  • Open Access
65 Citations
6,953 Views
24 Pages

The Application of Porphyrins and Their Analogues for Inactivation of Viruses

  • Natalya Sh. Lebedeva,
  • Yury A. Gubarev,
  • Mikhail O. Koifman and
  • Oskar I. Koifman

23 September 2020

The problem of treating viral infections is extremely relevant due to both the emergence of new viral diseases and to the low effectiveness of existing approaches to the treatment of known viral infections. This review focuses on the application of p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative University of Chemistry and Technology: A Modern Scientific Image-Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology)
  • Short Note
  • Open Access
3,751 Views
2 Pages

1 November 2005

Despite the numerous polydentate macrocyclic structures already described as neutral receptors for various substrates [1,2,3], the search for new receptor families is still important with a view to obtaining molecules capable of molecular recognition...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
3,866 Views
2 Pages

1 November 2005

Despite the numerous polydentate macrocyclic structures already described as neutral receptors for various substrates [1,2,3], the search for new receptor families is still important with a view to obtaining molecules capable of molecular recognition...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,716 Views
2 Pages

1 November 2005

Despite the numerous polydentate macrocyclic structures already described as neutral receptors for various substrates [1,2,3], the search for new receptor families is still important with a view to obtaining molecules capable of molecular recognition...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,892 Views
2 Pages

1 November 2005

Despite the numerous polydentate macrocyclic structures already described as neutral receptors for various substrates [1,2,3], the search for new receptor families is still important with a view to obtaining molecules capable of molecular recognition...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
3,717 Views
1 Page

11 March 2003

A suspension of sodium carbonate (12 g, 120 mmol) in acetonitrile (250 mL) was refluxed under magnetic stirring, then a solution of bis-(3-chloromethyl-5-methylpyrazolyl)methane (1) (2 g, 7 mmol) [1, 2] and diamine 2 (0.64 g , 7 mmol) in acetonitrile...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
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1 Page

11 March 2003

A suspension of sodium carbonate (12 g, 120 mmol) in acetonitrile (250 mL) was refluxed under magnetic stirring, then a solution of bis-(3-chloromethyl-5-methylpyrazolyl)methane (1) (2 g, 7 mmol) [1, 2] and diamine 2 (0.95 g , 7 mmol) in acetonitrile...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
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4,8,12,16-Tetramethyl-1,3,8,12,17,18-hexaazatricyclo[12.2.1.13,6]octadeca-4,6(18), 14(17), 15-tetraene

  • Farid Berhili,
  • Rachid Touzani,
  • Abdelkrim Ramdani and
  • Sghir El Kadiri

11 March 2003

A suspension of sodium carbonate (12 g, 120 mmol) in acetonitrile (250 mL) was refluxed under magnetic stirring, then a solution of bis-(3-chloromethyl-5-methylpyrazolyl)methane (1) (2 g, 7 mmol) [1, 2] and diamine 2 (0.74 g , 7 mmol) in acetonitrile...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
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1 Page

11 March 2003

A suspension of sodium carbonate (12 g, 120 mmol) in acetonitrile (250 mL) was refluxed under magnetic stirring, then a solution of bis-(3-chloromethyl-5-methylpyrazolyl)methane (1) (2 g, 7 mmol) [1, 2] and diamine 2 (1.68 g , 7 mmol) in acetonitrile...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
3,663 Views
1 Page

11 March 2003

A suspension of sodium carbonate (12 g, 120 mmol) in acetonitrile (250 mL) was refluxed under magnetic stirring, then a solution of bis-(3-chloromethyl-5-methylpyrazolyl)propane (1) (2.03 g, 7 mmol) [1-3] and diamine 2 (1.86 g , 7 mmol) in acetonitri...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
3,619 Views
1 Page

11 March 2003

A suspension of sodium carbonate (12 g, 120 mmol) in acetonitrile (250 mL) was refluxed under magnetic stirring, then a solution of bis-(3-chloromethyl-5-methylpyrazolyl)propane (1) (2.03 g, 7 mmol) [1-3] and diamine 2 (1.9 g , 7 mmol) in acetonitril...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,523 Views
13 Pages

Using density functional theory (DFT) B3PW91/TZVP, M06/TZVP, and OPBE/TZVP chemistry models and the Gaussian09 program, a quantum-chemical calculation of geometric and thermodynamic parameters of Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) macrotetracyclic chelates,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Template Synthesis (Self-Assembly) of Macrocycles: Theory and Practice)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,048 Views
24 Pages

Tandem RCM–Claisen Rearrangement–[2+2] Cycloaddition of O,O'-(But-2-en-1,4-diyl)-bridged Binaphthols

  • Michael Abraham,
  • Wolfgang Reischl,
  • Karl A. Kirchner,
  • Alexander Roller and ,
  • Luis F. Veiros and
  • Michael Widhalm
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

7 December 2012

Attempted RCM of 2,2'-bis(allyloxy)-1,1'-binaphthyl resulted in a Claisen-type rearrangement of a postulated labile dioxacyclodecine proceeding at room temperature and followed by [2+2] cycloaddition. Structures of products were confirmed by X-ray cr...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,152 Views
10 Pages

A M2L2 Redox-Active Metalla-Macrocycle Based on Electron-Rich 9-(1,3-Dithiol-2-ylidene)Fluorene

  • Serhii Krykun,
  • Magali Allain,
  • Vincent Carré,
  • Frédéric Aubriet and ,
  • Zoia Voitenko,
  • Sébastien Goeb and
  • Marc Sallé
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

A redox-active M2L2 metalla-macrocycle is depicted, of which construction has been achieved through coordination driven self-assembly from an electron-rich 9-(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)fluorene bis-pyridyl ligand and a cis-blocked square planar palladium...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Redox-Active Ligand in Coordination Chemistry)
  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,099 Views
15 Pages

“Texas-Sized” Molecular Boxes: From Chemistry to Applications

  • Xiaodong Chi,
  • Jinya Tian,
  • Dan Luo,
  • Han-Yuan Gong and ,
  • Feihe Huang and
  • Jonathan L. Sessler
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 April 2021

The design and synthesis of novel macrocyclic host molecules continues to attract attention because such species play important roles in supramolecular chemistry. However, the discovery of new classes of macrocycles presents a considerable challenge...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue A Fascinating Story of Supramolecular Chemistry: A Themed Issue in Honor of Prof. Harry W. Gibson)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,969 Views
12 Pages

In this paper, we present a comparative analysis of the solid state structures of three well-resolved hydrates of macrocyclic host molecules 1a, 1b, and 2 containing an intrannular amide-aryl substituent (lariat arm) connected to a fixed 26-membered...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Synthesis and Molecular Recognition of Macrocyclic Compounds)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,731 Views
15 Pages

11 November 2022

We predict the geometries, electronic properties, and aromaticity of thiophene analogues of anti-kekulene with six to nine thiophene rings 1–4, together with those of cyclobutadithiophenes (CDTs) and anti-kekulene as reference compounds, using...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
65 Citations
22,555 Views
24 Pages

Heterocyclic Crown Ethers with Potential Biological and Pharmacological Properties: From Synthesis to Applications

  • Faiz Ullah,
  • Taskin Aman Khan,
  • Jawaria Iltaf,
  • Saleha Anwar and ,
  • Muhammad Farhan Ali Khan,
  • Muhammad Rizwan Khan,
  • Sami Ullah,
  • Muhammad Fayyaz ur Rehman,
  • Muhammad Mustaqeem and
  • Mariusz Mojzych
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

21 January 2022

Cyclic organic compounds with several ether linkages in their structure are of much concern in our daily life applications. Crown ethers (CEs) are generally heterocyclic and extremely versatile compounds exhibiting higher binding affinity. In recent...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Heterocyclic Compounds with Potential Biological Activity - Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,822 Views
12 Pages

Macrocycle with Equatorial Coordination Sites Provides New Opportunity for Structure-Diverse Metallacages

  • Yibo Zhao,
  • Yunfeng Lu,
  • Ao Liu,
  • Zhi-Yuan Zhang and ,
  • Chunju Li and
  • Andrew C.-H. Sue
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 March 2023

Reported here is the synthesis of a macrocycle with equatorial coordination sites for the construction of self-assembled metallacages. The macrocycle is prepared via a post-modification on the equator of biphen[n]arene. Utilizing this macrocycle as a...

(This article belongs to the Collection Heterocyclic Compounds)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,905 Views
8 Pages

13 December 2019

Ferrocene-based compounds are powerful asymmetric ligands usable for chemical catalysis. We present the synthesis of six new homochiral diferroceno cycles potentially useful as P,O-, P,N- or P,S-ligands. Due to the stereoconservative nature of the SN...

(This article belongs to the Section Organic Synthesis and Biosynthesis)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,433 Views
6 Pages

Hybrid Nanoaggregates from Plant-Based Noble Metallic Nanoparticles and Functionalized Macrocyclic Derivatives

  • Ana-Alexandra Sorescu,
  • Alexandrina Nuţă,
  • Rodica-Mariana Ion,
  • Ioana-Raluca Şuică-Bunghez and
  • Cristina Lavinia Nistor

16 November 2019

Noble metallic nanoparticles, silver (AgNPs) and gold (AuNPs) mainly, exhibit good antimicrobial, antibacterial, and antifungal properties and, therefore, have a significant contribution to the constant growing field of nanomedicine. They can be synt...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 23rd International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry)
  • Short Note
  • Open Access
3,917 Views
2 Pages

1 November 2005

Despite the numerous polydentate macrocyclic structures already described as neutral receptors for various substrates [1,2,3], the search for new receptor families is still important with a view to obtaining molecules capable of molecular recognition...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,302 Views
32 Pages

Macrocycle-Based Supramolecular Drug Delivery Systems: A Concise Review

  • Yanrui Yang,
  • Pengcheng Li,
  • Haibo Feng,
  • Rui Zeng and ,
  • Shanshan Li and
  • Qixiong Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 August 2024

Efficient delivery of therapeutic agents to the lesion site or specific cells is an important way to achieve “toxicity reduction and efficacy enhancement”. Macrocycles have always provided many novel ideas for drug or gene loading and del...

(This article belongs to the Section Macromolecular Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,042 Views
14 Pages

Synthesis, Electrochemical and Photochemical Properties of Sulfanyl Porphyrazine with Ferrocenyl Substituents

  • Mina Hassani,
  • Amanda Leda,
  • Weronika Porolnik,
  • Michal Falkowski and ,
  • Tomasz Rębiś,
  • Jaroslaw Piskorz,
  • Lukasz Popenda,
  • Michal Wicinski,
  • Dariusz T. Mlynarczyk and
  • Michal P. Marszall
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

Ferrocene is useful in modern organometallic chemistry due to its versatile applications in material sciences, catalysis, medicinal chemistry, and diagnostic applications. The ferrocene moiety can potentially serve many purposes in therapeutics and d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,931 Views
24 Pages

Dramatic Effect of A Ring Size of Alicyclic α-Dioximate Ligand Synthons on Kinetics of the Template Synthesis and of the Acidic Decomposition of the Methylboron-Capped Iron(II) Clathrochelates

  • Alexander L. Pomadchik,
  • Alexander S. Belov,
  • Ekaterina G. Lebed,
  • Irina G. Belaya and ,
  • Anna V. Vologzhanina and
  • Yan Z. Voloshin
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 June 2021

Kinetics and thermodynamics of the template synthesis and of the acidic decomposition of the methylboron-capped iron(II) tris-1,2-dioximates—the clathrochelate derivatives of six (nioxime)- and eight (octoxime)-membered alicyclic ligand synthons—were...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Chemical Kinetics in Metal Complexes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,177 Views
20 Pages

Fluorogenic Detection of Sulfite in Water by Using Copper(II) Azacyclam Complexes

  • Carlo Ciarrocchi,
  • Donatella Sacchi,
  • Massimo Boiocchi,
  • Maduka Lankani Weththimuni and ,
  • Alessio Orbelli Biroli and
  • Maurizio Licchelli
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 March 2022

Copper(II) azacyclam complexes (azacyclam = 1,3,5,8,12-pentaazacyclotetradecane) containing naphthyl or dansyl subunits can be prepared by template synthesis involving proper sulfonamide derivatives as locking fragments. The macrocyclic complexes are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metal Ions in Supramolecular Chemistry: A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Luigi Fabbrizzi)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
1,818 Views
5 Pages

The concept of “macrocyclic compounds” combines very different classes of chemicals that contain nine or more atoms in the macrocycle; macroheterocyclic compounds, the macrocycle of which contains at least one heteroatom, are also disting...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,722 Views
31 Pages

2 February 2022

Macrocyclic nitrogen-containing compounds are versatile molecules. Supramolecular, noncovalent interactions of these macrocycles with guest molecules enables them to act as catalysts, fluorescent sensors, chiral or nonchiral selectors, or receptors o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue In Honor of the 80th Birthday of Professor Janusz Jurczak)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
12,774 Views
11 Pages

Quartz Microbalance Sensor for the Detection of Acrylamide

  • Guido Kleefisch,
  • Christian Kreutz,
  • Joachim Bargon,
  • Gabriele Silva and
  • Christoph A. Schalley

1 October 2004

Several macrocycles of the Hunter-Vögtle type have been identified as superior host compounds for the detection of small amounts of acrylamide. When coated onto the surface of a quartz microbalance, these compounds serve as highly sensitive and selec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,582 Views
12 Pages

Synthesis of New Macrocyclic Polyamides as Antimicrobial Agent Candidates

  • Osama I. Abd El-Salam,
  • Mohamed A. Al-Omar,
  • Ahmed A. Fayed,
  • Eman M. Flefel and
  • Abd El-Galil E. Amr

6 December 2012

A series of macrocyclic imides and Schiff-bases have been prepared via the cyclocondensation of pyridine-2,6-dicarbonyl dichloride (1) with L-ornithine methyl ester to give the corresponding macrocyclic bisester 2. Treatment of 2 with hydrazine hydra...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,944 Views
23 Pages

A Review of On-Surface Synthesis and Characterization of Macrocycles

  • Chao Yan,
  • Yiwen Wang,
  • Jiahui Li,
  • Xiaorui Chen and ,
  • Xin Zhang,
  • Jianzhi Gao and
  • Minghu Pan
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

1 August 2025

Macrocyclic organic nanostructures have emerged as crucial components of functional supramolecular materials owing to their unique structural and chemical features, such as their distinctive “infinite” cyclic topology and tunable topology...

(This article belongs to the Section Synthesis, Interfaces and Nanostructures)
  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
6,685 Views
23 Pages

Advances in Chirality Sensing with Macrocyclic Molecules

  • Xiaotong Liang,
  • Wenting Liang,
  • Pengyue Jin,
  • Hongtao Wang and ,
  • Wanhua Wu and
  • Cheng Yang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 September 2021

The construction of chemical sensors that can distinguish molecular chirality has attracted increasing attention in recent years due to the significance of chiral organic molecules and the importance of detecting their absolute configuration and chir...

(This article belongs to the Collection Novel Chirogenic Systems and Sensing Materials for Stereoselective Sensors Development)
  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,659 Views
12 Pages

Structural Features and Binding Modes of Thioether-Cyclized Peptide Ligands

  • Manuel E. Otero-Ramirez,
  • Toby Passioura and
  • Hiroaki Suga

Macrocyclic peptides are an emerging class of bioactive compounds for therapeutic use. In part, this is because they are capable of high potency and excellent target affinity and selectivity. Over the last decade, several biochemical techniques have...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Discovery and Development of Constrained Peptide Ligands)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,515 Views
23 Pages

Towards Antibacterial Agents: Synthesis and Biological Activity of Multivalent Amide Derivatives of Thiacalix[4]arene with Hydroxyl and Amine Groups

  • Igor Shiabiev,
  • Dmitry Pysin,
  • Alan Akhmedov,
  • Olga Babaeva and ,
  • Vasily Babaev,
  • Anna Lyubina,
  • Alexandra Voloshina,
  • Konstantin Petrov,
  • Pavel Padnya and
  • Ivan Stoikov
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Antimicrobial resistance to modern antibiotics stimulates the search for new ways to synthesize and modify antimicrobial drugs. The development of synthetic approaches that can easily change different fragments of the molecule is a promising solution...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,272 Views
23 Pages

24 April 2025

Macrocycles have emerged as significant therapeutic candidates in drug discovery due to their unique capacity to target complex and traditionally inaccessible biological interfaces. Their structurally constrained three-dimensional configurations faci...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in the Synthesis and Application of Heterocyclic Compounds)

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