Volume 52, Issue 31 pp. 7958-7962
Communication

Enantiopure Water-Soluble [Fe4L6] Cages: Host–Guest Chemistry and Catalytic Activity

Dr. Jeanne L. Bolliger

Dr. Jeanne L. Bolliger

Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW (UK) http://www-jrn.ch.cam.ac.uk

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Dr. Ana M. Belenguer

Dr. Ana M. Belenguer

Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW (UK) http://www-jrn.ch.cam.ac.uk

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Dr. Jonathan R. Nitschke

Corresponding Author

Dr. Jonathan R. Nitschke

Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW (UK) http://www-jrn.ch.cam.ac.uk

Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW (UK) http://www-jrn.ch.cam.ac.ukSearch for more papers by this author
First published: 20 June 2013
Citations: 233

This work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the European Research Council. We thank the EPSRC Mass Spectrometry Service at Swansea for conducting FT-ICR MS experiments.

Graphical Abstract

Inside information: The new enantiopure cage molecule ΔΔΔΔ-Fe4L6 (and its enantiomer, ΛΛΛΛ-Fe4L6) was prepared by subcomponent self-assembly. It binds a range of organic guests (A, see scheme) in its cavity and distinguishes between the enantiomers of a chiral organic guest. Host ΔΔΔΔ-Fe4L6 is also a catalyst for the hydrolysis (giving B and C) of the neurotoxic organophosphate dichlorvos.

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