College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, China.
College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials (Ministry of Education), State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Jun 10;63(24):e202406233. doi: 10.1002/anie.202406233. Epub 2024 May 8.
The precise recognition and sensing of steroids, a type of vital biomolecules, hold immense practical value across various domains. In this study, we introduced corral[4]BINOLs (C[4]BINOLs), a pair of enantiomeric conjugated deep-cavity hosts, as novel synthetic receptors for binding steroids. Due to the strong hydrophobic effect of their deep nonpolar, chiral cavities, the two enantiomers of C[4]BINOLs demonstrated exceptionally high recognition affinities (up to 10 M) for 16 important steroidal compounds as well as good enantioselectiviy (up to 15.5) in aqueous solutions, establishing them as the most potent known steroid receptors. Harnessing their ultrahigh affinity, remarkable enantioselectivity, and fluorescence emission properties, the two C[4]BINOL enantiomers were employed to compose a fluorescent sensor array which achieved discrimination and sensing of 16 structurally similar steroids at low concentrations.
甾体的精准识别和传感是一类重要的生物分子,在各个领域都具有巨大的实际价值。在这项研究中,我们引入了柱状[4]BINOL(C[4]BINOL),这是一对对映体共轭的深腔主体,作为结合甾体的新型合成受体。由于其深非极性手性空腔的强疏水性效应,C[4]BINOL 的两个对映异构体对 16 种重要甾体化合物表现出极高的识别亲和力(高达 10 M)和良好的对映选择性(高达 15.5),在水溶液中,它们是已知的最有效的甾体受体。利用它们超高的亲和力、显著的对映选择性和荧光发射特性,这两种 C[4]BINOL 对映异构体被用于构建一个荧光传感器阵列,该阵列能够在低浓度下区分和检测 16 种结构相似的甾体。