Issue 37, 2022

Recent trends in organic cage synthesis: push towards water-soluble organic cages

Abstract

Research on organic cages has blossomed over the past few years into a mature field of study which can contribute to solving some of the challenging problems. In this review we aim to showcase the recent trends in synthesis of organic cages including a brief discussion on their use in catalysis, gas sorption, host–guest chemistry and energy transfer. Among the organic cages, water-soluble analogues are a special class of compounds which have gained renewed attention in recent times. Due to their advantage of being compatible with water, such cages have the potential of showing biomimetic activities and can find use in drug delivery and also as hosts for catalysis in aqueous medium. Hence, the synthetic strategies for the formation of water-soluble organic cages shall be discussed along with their potential applications.

Graphical abstract: Recent trends in organic cage synthesis: push towards water-soluble organic cages

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
18 2 2022
Accepted
05 4 2022
First published
05 4 2022

Chem. Commun., 2022,58, 5558-5573

Recent trends in organic cage synthesis: push towards water-soluble organic cages

D. Chakraborty and P. S. Mukherjee, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 5558 DOI: 10.1039/D2CC01014C

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