Graphical I recall you ! Highly selective recognition of acidic amino acids, such as glutamic acid and aspartic acid, by a positively charged calixpyridinium is reported. Highly selective recognition of acidic amino acids, such as glutamic acid and aspartic acid, by a positively charged calixpyridinium is reported. The complexation behavior of the calixpyridinium host towards a dipeptide containing the glutamic acid residue and a glutamic acid metabolite is also described.
The fabrication of supramolecular amphiphiles by the host–guest interactions between macrocycles and surfactants is an effective method to improve the physical and chemical properties of amphiphiles. However, as far as we know, lowering the critical micelle concentration of anionic surfactant by the complexation of macrocyclic host is scarcely studied. In this work, we systematically studied the host–guest interactions between calixpyridinium and four select anionic bola surfactants. Only congo red that has a conjugated linker could assemble into supramolecular amphiphile with calixpyridinium accompanied by a decreased critical micelle concentration. As a result, the p K a value of congo red shifted significantly. Moreover, the calixpyridinium–congo red supramolecular amphiphilic assembly exhibited a valuable visible-light response for the complete photodegradation of congo red.
Kui Wang,Qi-Qi Wang,Mi-Ni Wang,Siyang Xing,Bolin Zhu,Ze-Hao Zhang
In this work, the host–guest interaction between calixpyridinium and anionic anticancer drug Alimta was studied in aqueous media. Spherical supramolecular amphiphilic assembly rather than simple complex was accidentally fabricated by the complexation of calixpyridinium with Alimta. It is the third kind of anionic guest to be discovered to form the higher-order assembly by the complexation of calixpyridinium besides polyanionic guest and anionic gemini surfactant guest. The finding of this assembly approach supplies a new idea to construct various self-assembly architectures in water via the complexation of calixpyridinium with anionic drugs. The resulting calixpyridinium–drug assemblies may also have the potential to adjust the effects of drugs.
We have successfully implemented the supramolecular tandem assay principle for the real-time, continuous, direct, and label-free monitoring of alkaline phosphatase activity through a fluorescence “switch-off” assay based on a novel calixpyridinium/dye reporter pair. Because several diseases can be preliminarily diagnosed in light of an abnormal level of alkaline phosphatase in serum, the application of tandem assays to selectively monitor alkaline phosphatase activity has feasible implications in disease diagnosis.
Comprehensive Summary In this work, a spherical calixpyridinium–IR-820 supramolecular assembled material was fabricated based on the calixpyridinium- induced IR-820 aggregation. This assembled material exhibited a well visible light responsiveness by the photodecomposition of aggregated IR-820 accompanied by an obvious color change. Such photochromic material has many potential applications. More interestingly, the photodecomposition of aggregated IR-820 was significantly promoted, although the aggregated photosensitizers usually exhibited a lower photoreactivity. This approach can be further extended to construct various visible-light responsive supramolecular assembled materials and potentially applied in many fields. Herein, benefitting from the pH-dependent luminescent properties of calixpyridinium and the photodegradation products of IR-820, a pH-controlled visual multicolor luminescence was achieved, which was perfectly applied in the detection of pH from 5 to 10 by naked eyes.
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