• Controlled Binding of Organic Guests by Stimuli-Responsive Macrocycles 

      Blanco-Gómez, Arturo; Cortón, Pablo; Barravecchia Prado, Liliana Inés; Neira, Iago; Pazos, Elena; Peinador, Carlos; García, Marcos D. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020-05-12)
      [Abstract] Synthetic supramolecular chemistry pursues not only the construction of new matter, but also control over its inherently dynamic behaviour. In this context, classic host–guest chemistry, based on the development ...
    • The Red Cage: Implementation of pH-Responsiveness Within a Macrobicyclic Pyridinium-Based Molecular Host 

      Cortón, Pablo; Wang, Hongye; Neira, Iago; Blanco-Gómez, Arturo; Pazos, Elena; Peinador, Carlos; Li, Hao; García, Marcos D. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021-11-09)
      [Abstract] We present herein the implementation of pH-responsiveness into a new polycationic macrobicyclic structure, namely what we have termed the “red cage”. The hydrolytically-stable cryptand-like compound has been ...
    • Thinking Outside the Blue Box: From Molecular to Supramolecular PH-Responsiveness 

      Blanco-Gómez, Arturo; Neira, Iago; Barriada, José Luis; Melle-Franco, Manuel; Peinador, Carlos; García, Marcos D. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019-10-23)
      [Abstract] We present herein the development of a new polycationic cyclophane: the “red box”, second in a series of hydrazone-based analogues of the well-known organic receptor cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene)cyclophane ...
    • Thinking Outside the Blue Box: Induced Fit within a Unique Self-Assembled Polycationic Cyclophane 

      Blanco-Gómez, Arturo; Fernández-Blanco, Ángel; Blanco, Víctor; Rodríguez, Jaime; Peinador, Carlos; García, Marcos D. (ACS, 2019-02-07)
      [Abstract] We present herein the development of a new polycationic molecular receptor, inspired by the ubiquitous cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene)cyclophane (“blue box”). Our analogue, the “white box”, has been easily ...
    • Vermellogens and the Development of CB[8]-Based Supramolecular Switches Using pH-Responsive and Non-Toxic Viologen Analogues 

      Barravecchia Prado, Liliana Inés; Blanco-Gómez, Arturo; Neira, Iago; Skackauskaite, Raminta; Vila García, Alejandro; Rey-Rico, Ana; Peinador, Carlos; García, Marcos D. (ACS, 2022-10-07)
      [Abstract] We present herein the “vermellogens”, a new class of pH-responsive viologen analogues, which replace the direct linking between para-substituted pyridinium moieties within those by a hydrazone functional group. ...