Patricia Remón, David González, Miguel A. Romero, Nuno Basílio and Uwe Pischel
Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 3737-3740
DOI:
10.1039/D0CC00217H,
Communication
A chemically-triggered signalling cascade between cucurbituril host–guest complexes by means of multi-step competitive displacement is demonstrated. The inter-complex communication of chemical information yields the release of bio-relevant cargo, reminiscent of cellular signalling pathways.