cucurbituril
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[[Image:Models of cucurbiturils.jpg|thumbnail|400px|Computer models of CB[5], CB[6], and CB[7]. Top row is the view into the cavity and the bottom is the side view]]
Research
1,492 papers- Cucurbituril-Based Supramolecular Polymers for Biomedical Applications.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2022
- Cucurbituril: chiral applications.Chirality · 2014
- Cucurbituril-Based Supramolecular Assemblies: Prospective on Drug Delivery, Sensing, Separation, and Catalytic Applications.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2022
- Cucurbituril Based Luminescent Materials in Aqueous Media and Solid State.Chemistry, an Asian journal · 2021
- Oligomeric Cucurbituril Complexes: from Peculiar Assemblies to Emerging Applications.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2020
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[[Image:Models of cucurbiturils.jpg|thumbnail|400px|Computer models of CB[5], CB[6], and CB[7]. Top row is the view into the cavity and the bottom is the side view]]
In host–guest chemistry, cucurbiturils are macrocyclic molecules made of glycoluril () monomers linked by methylene bridges (). The oxygen atoms are located along the edges of the band and are tilted inwards, forming a partly enclosed cavity (cavitand). The name is derived from the resemblance of this molecule with a pumpkin of the family of Cucurbitaceae.