Molecular photonics of polymethine dyes in complexes with cucurbit[7, 8]urils

Thiacarbo- and thiadicarbocyanine indolenine and thiazoline polymethine dyes form host?guest complexes with cucurbit[7,8]urils in water. Cucurbit[7]uril forms preferentially 1: 1 and 1: 2 monomeric complexes and cucurbit[8]uril forms 2: 1 and 2: 2 dimeric complexes. On the basis of quantum-chemical calculations, the structure of monomeric and dimeric complexes has been suggested. The complexation manifested itself in absorption, prompt and thermally activated delayed fluorescence spectra, as well as in the triplet?triplet absorption spectra. Dimeric complexes in the triplet state are involved in one-electron oxidation and participate in triplet?triplet energy transfer.     

Synthesis and crystal structures of sumpramolecular compounds of cucurbit[n]urils (n = 6, 8) with polynuclear strontium aqua complexes

Crystals of the {[Sr₄(H₂O)₁₂(NO₃)₄](C₃₆H₃₆N₂₄O₁₂)}(NO₃)₄·3H₂O and {[Sr₂(H₂O)₁₂][Sr(H₂O)₃(NO₃)₂]₂(C₄₈H₄₈N₃₂O₁₆)}(NO₃)₄·8H₂O were prepared by slow concentration of aqueous solutions containing strontium nitrate and macrocyclic cavitands, viz., cucurbit[6]uril and cucurbit[8]uril ([C₆H₆N₄O₂] _n , n = 6 and 8), respectively. According to the results of X-ray diffraction analysis, the crystal structures of these supramolecular compounds are built from polymeric chains, which consist of the alternating cucurbit[n]uril molecules and Sr²⁺ cations linked through the bridging aqua ligands and nitrate anions. The supramolecular compound of cucurbit[8]uril provides the first example of compounds in which this macrocycle is bound to metal aqua complexes.     

Interaction of host-guest complexes of cucurbit[n]urils with double probe guests

Since the structure of cucurbituril(Q[6]) has been determined in 1981[1] and its homologues cucurbit [n = 5,7,8 and 10]uril(Q[5], Q[7], Q[8] and Q[10]) have been reported in 2000[2,3], 2002[4], a series of host-guest complexes[5—7], novel supramolecular as-semblies[8—10], molecular encapsulates[11,12] and mo-lecular containers[13,14] based on Q[n] have been stud-ied extensively. All cucurbituril homologues have common char-acteristic features, i.e. hydrophobic cavity, and polar carbonyl gr…     

喜树碱和七元瓜环固体包合物的溶解性考察

采用研磨法制备了3种不同化学计量比的喜树碱—七元瓜环固体包合物并通过紫外分光光度法考察了它们的包合率、溶解度和溶出速度。3种包合物的包合率都达到了80%以上,不同计量比的包合物使药物的溶解度和溶出速度有不同程度的提高,溶解度最大提高近261倍,在pH 1.00盐酸溶液介质中10 min内药物即可达到100%的溶出。     

核磁共振技术对瓜环与苯并咪唑类化合物自组装模式的研究

利用核磁共振技术考察了六、七、八元瓜环与三种苯并咪唑类化合物的相互作用情况,并对瓜环与这类客体相互作用模式及作用机理进行了深入的研究。实验结果表明:三种客体均能与三种瓜环形成主客体配合物,但作用模式及作用比随瓜环的大小而各不相同,六、七元瓜环与客体相互作用形成1∶1的包结配合物,八元瓜环与客体相互作用形成1∶2的包结配合物。     

A hemicyanine and cucurbit[n]uril inclusion complex: competitive guest binding of cucurbit[7]uril and cucurbit[8]uril

The interaction between the hemicyanine indole derivative H and the cucubit[n]urils Q[7] and Q[8] has been studied using ¹H NMR and UV spectroscopy as well as by fluorescence experiments. Competitive studies on the inclusion of H by Q[7] and Q[8] have also been conducted, and reveal that on changing the size of the Q[n] cavity, the binding behaviour can be very different.     

Cucurbit[n]urils (n=7, 8) binding of camptothecin and the effects on solubility and reactivity of the anticancer drug

The interaction between cucurbit[n]uril (n = 7, 8)(Q[n]) with two forms namely lactone modality and carboxylate modality of anticancer drug camptothecin (CPT) was studied. The results revealed that the combination of Q[n] with the lactone form of CPT was observed by electronic absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy and ¹H NMR technique in the acid solution (pH 2) and the total stability constants β were also obtained by Job plot with a host:guest ratio of 2:1; while in the phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.4), only Q[8] bound the carboxylate form of CPT in ratio 1:1, but no obvious interaction between Q[7] and the carboxylate form of CPT was observed. The solubility of CPT was enhanced up to about 70 and 8 times at pH 2 due to the formation of interaction complexes with Q[7] and Q[8], respectively, by using phase solubility method. The cytotoxicity tests revealed that compared with the free CPT, the complexes of Q[n] and CPT had the same cytotoxic activity on the human lung cancer cell line A549 and murine macrophage cell line P388D1 and the moderate depressed activity on human leukaemia cell line K562.     

Determination of the purity of cucurbit[n]uril (n = 7, 8) host samples

The formation of highly stable inclusion complexes in aqueous solution between the organometallic cobaltocenium cation (Cob(+)) and the hosts cucurbit[7]uril (CB7) and cucurbit[8]uril (CB8) was used to develop a simple method, based on UV-vis titrations, to assay the purity of samples of these two hosts. The equilibrium association constant (K) of the Cob(+)@CB7 complex had been previously reported by our group as 5.7 × 10(9) M(-1) at 25 °C in 50 mM sodium acetate medium. In this work, we determine a K value of 1.9 × 10(8) M(-1) at 25 °C in the same medium for the Cob(+)@CB8 complex. The high stability of these complexes and their decreased molar absorptivity coefficients (at 261 nm), compared to that for free Cob(+), lead to straightforward titration plots when graphing absorbance versus concentration of added CB7 (or CB8) host, at constant Cob(+) concentration.     

Cucurbit[n]urils (n = 7, 8) can strongly bind neutral hydrophilic molecules in water

Science China Chemistry - It is challenging to recognize neutral hydrophilic molecules in water. Effective use of hydrogen bonds in water is generally accepted to be the key to success. In...     

Characterization of host-guest complexes of cucurbit[n]uril (n = 6, 7) by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

When an intramolecular cavity exists in a molecule, it can trap another chemical species to form a host-guest complex. We examine the formation of such an inclusion complex with cucurbit[n]uril (CBn, n = 6, 7) as the host to trap alkali metal or ammonium ions as the guest, by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). The results show that the inclusion complexes are formed between the three-dimensional cylinder of CBn hosts and the guest cations. Selectivity of the complex formation is dependent both on (1) ion-dipole interactions between the cylindrical portal of the CBn hosts and the guest cations and (2) the hydrophobic interactions at the inner cavity of CBn.     

Inclusion complexes of the antitumour metallocenes Cp(2)MCl(2) (M = Mo, Ti) with cucurbit[n]urils

The encapsulation of the aquated forms of molybdocene dichloride and titanocene dichloride by cucurbit[n]uril (Q[n], where n = 7 and 8) at different pD values has been studied by (1)H NMR spectroscopy and molecular modelling. (1)H NMR titration experiments indicate that both metallocenes form 1 : 1 host-guest complexes with both Q[7] and Q[8]. In these complexes, both the cyclopentadienyl ligands and metal centre are positioned deep within the cucurbituril cavity. In vitro cell proliferation studies using the cancer cell lines MCF-7 and 2008 showed that the encapsulated molybdocene complex was more active than the corresponding free metallocene, with GI(50) values of 210 and 400 muM respectively. However, unexpectedly the encapsulation of Cp(2)MoCl(2(aq))at pD 7 catalysed significant degradation of the cucurbituril framework in the presence of oxygen. Encapsulation of Cp(2)TiCl(2(aq)) by Q[7] greatly slowed the protonolysis of the cyclopentadienyl ligands in aqueous phosphate buffer (pD 7), while encapsulation in Q[8] only slightly retarded the hydrolytic degradation of the metallocene.     

六～八元瓜环与三种N-苄基取代笼状客体的相互作用

合成了3种具有对不同瓜环选择性各异的双探针N-苄基取代笼状客体, 它们分别是N-苄基六次甲基四胺盐酸盐(1), N-苄基喹啉环啶盐酸盐(2), N-苄基-1,4-二氮杂双环[2.2.1]辛烷盐酸盐(3), 利用¹H NMR和MS等方法对这些客体进行了表征. ¹H NMR显示, 六元瓜环仅对这些客体的苄基探针部分具有选择性作用, 形成作用比为1∶1的不对称包结配合物; 七元瓜环对客体1和3的苄基探针部分具有选择性作用, 形成作用比为1∶1的不对称包结配合物, 而对客体2的笼状奎宁环啶基部分具有选择性作用, 也形成作用比为1∶1的包结配合物; 八元瓜环也仅对这些客体的苄基探针部分具有选择性作用, 形成作用比为1∶2的对称包结配合物.     

Synthesis of a functionalised calix[4]arene and its interactions with hemicucurbit[6,7]urils and cucurbit[8]uril

In the present work, we synthesised a functionalised calix[4]arene with 5,11-di(N-methyl-E-(4-pyridylethylene) moiety (CX[4]), and investigated interactions of it with HemiMeQ[6], HemiMeQ[7], and Q[8]) in both water and DMSO using fluorescence spectrophotometry and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. Titration ¹H NMR spectra revealed that Q[n]s prefers to include the N-methyl-E-(4-pyridylethylene) moiety. In particular, the interaction of CX[4] with Q[8] in water resulted in intense fluorescence emission, and this interaction system can respond to compounds such as amantadine.     

瓜环与2,2''''-联吡啶衍生物的相互作用

利用~1H NMR技术、紫外吸收光谱及荧光光谱方法,考察了对六、七以及八元瓜环与多种2,2'-联吡啶衍生物相互作用形成的主客体配合物结构及光学性质.研究结果显示,不同的2,2'-联吡啶衍生物与瓜环作用不仅形成多种不同包结比的稳定包结配合物,且所形成的主客体包结配合物的结构及光谱性质也各不相同;同时用几种方法协同考察起到了互为补充、互为验证的良好效果.     

Effect of cucurbit[n]urils on tropicamide and potential application in ocular drug delivery

The supramolecular interactions of the ocular drug tropicamide (TR) with cucurbit[7]uril (CB7) and cucurbit[8]uril (CB8) were investigated in aqueous solutions by using ¹H NMR, ESI-MS and UV–vis spectroscopic techniques. The results indicate a 1:1 binding stoichiometry of TR with CB7 and CB8. The binding constants of TR in its protonated form were higher (e.g. K = 4 × 10⁶ M^? 1 with CB8) than in its neutral form (e.g. K = 1.4 × 10⁴ M^? 1 with CB8), which led to a complexation-induced increase in its pK _a value of ca. 0.5 and 2 units with CB7 and CB8, respectively. In the presence of about 1% (w/v) CB8, the ionisation degree of 0.1% (w/v) TR was increased from 2% to 62% at neutral pH. The increase in the pK _a value and thus stabilisation of the protonated TR species at neutral pH is discussed in the context of supramolecular drug delivery of ophthalmologic drugs.     

The formation of cucurbit[n]uril (n = 6, 7) complexes with amino compounds in aqueous formic acid studied by capillary electrophoresis

For analytes involved in dynamic equilibrium processes, capillary electrophoresis is a powerful method of determining binding constants. In this work, the complex formation between cucurbit[n]uril (CB[n] n = 6, 7) and some amino compounds was studied by capillary electrophoresis in aqueous formic acid (65% v/v). Four groups of positional and structural isomers (o, m, p-methylanilines; m, p-nitroanilines; benzidine and o-tolidine; alpha, beta-naphthylamines and 1,5-diaminonaphthalene) were selected as model compounds for study of their host-guest inclusion complexation. The interactions between CB[n] (n = 6, 7) and the model compounds were also investigated using a molecular modeling method. The results indicate that the interactions of the compounds with CB[n] (n = 6, 7) are strongly affected by the position of the substituent(s) on the aromatic ring and the ion-dipole interaction between guest molecule and CB. Furthermore, the type and the concentration of CBs on the separation and migration behavior of the amino compounds were also studied.     

A DFT study of inclusion complexes of the antituberculosis drugs pyrazinamide and isoniazid with cucurbit[7]uril

A photoactive system, (2E)-3-{3-[(Z)-naphthalen-1-yldiazenyl] phenyl} prop-2-enoic acid, was synthesized and incorporated on to beta-cyclodextrin (β-CD) core through esterification of the hydroxyl groups of β-CD with the free carboxyl moiety of the chromophoric system by DCC coupling. The silver nanoparticle was synthesized by the reduction reaction executed on silver acetate in presence of dodecyl amine. The silver nano particles were dispersed in β-CD aggregates modified with photoactive system by phase transfer mechanism. The products were characterized by elemental analysis, melting point determination, UV–visible, FT-IR and NMR (¹H and ¹³C) spectral methods and SEM and TGA-DTG thermal studies. The thermal studies shows that the silver nanoparticle dispersed functionally modified beta cyclodextrin exhibited enhanced thermal stability compared to the functionalised β-CD.     

Preparation and physicochemical characterization of carbamazepine (CBMZ): para-sulfonated calix[n]arene inclusion complexes

The formation of inclusion complexes with para-sulfonated calix[n]arene (PSC[n]A) was studied for carbamazepine (CBMZ), a poorly water soluble anticonvulsant drug. The effect of PSC[4]A and PSC[6]A on aqueous solubility of carbamazepine was studied extensively. The complete complexation of the drug was achieved after 48 h of shaking with PSC[n]A in water and evaporation of water to get solid complex. The interaction between PSC[n]A and CBMZ in solid state inclusion complexes was accomplished by aqueous phase solubility studies, HPLC, DSC, PXRD, FTIR, UV–Vis, and FT-Raman spectroscopy. The solubility of CBMZ increases as a function of PSC[n]A concentration. The results of the two phase solubility experiments are in good conformity to signify the formation of 1:1 (PSC[6]A:CBMZ) and 2:1 PSC[4]A:CBMZ complexes. The order of dissolution rate of CBMZ is inclusion complex > physical mixture > drug alone. The purpose of this study was to enhance solubility resulting in high dissolution rate and bioavailability of this essentially water insoluble drug.     

六、七、八元瓜环与苯胺系列衍生物的相互作用

利用紫外吸收光谱、荧光光谱以及¹H NMR方法详细考察了六、七、八元瓜环(Q[6], Q[7], Q[8])与苯胺系列衍生物客体的相互作用和体系pH对其作用的影响. 实验结果表明, 3种瓜环与苯胺系列衍生物客体的相互作用强弱、作用比例以及作用模式与体系的酸度密切相关: 在“高”或“低”pH条件下, 未观察到瓜环与这些客体的明显作用; 在介于“高”与“较高”或“低”与“较低”的pH范围, 瓜环与这些客体发生相互作用, 形成1∶1的包结配合物; 而在介于“较高”与“较低”的pH范围, 瓜环与这些客体发生相互作用, 可形成1∶2的包结配合物. 对于不同的瓜环-客体作用体系, 相应的pH范围各不相同. 本文利用简便的实验方法, 测试了这些pH值及其范围. 根据测定的结果, 结合瓜环以及客体的结构特征, 对体系主客体在不同的酸度区域表现出的不同作用模式进行了探讨.     

Opposing substitution in cucurbit[6]urils forms ellipsoid cavities: the symmetrical dicyclohexanocucurbit[6]uril is no exception highlighted by inclusion and exclusion complexes

The symmetrical dicyclohexanocucurbit[6]uril has been synthesised by the controlled condensation of the diether of cyclohexanoglycoluril (1) and the dimer of glycoluril (2). The symmetrical dicyclohexanocucurbit[6]uril, (CyH)₂Q[6], characterised by the ¹H NMR spectroscopy, ESMS and further confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction of a cobalt aqua exclusion complex, which demonstrates an ellipsoid cavity. Within a cucurbit[6]uril ellipsoid cavity, an inclusion complex of 5,5′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine adopts a preferred orientation, aligning with the longest axis. The ellipsoid cavity is further supported by semiempirical AM1 gas phase calculations.

Preferential orientation of a guest within the ellipsoid cavity of the symmetrical dicyclohexanocucurbit[6]uril