Outside Back Cover: Unraveling Biomimetic Hydrogen Bonds of Dinucleotides by a Crown‐Ether‐Functionalized Tetraphenylethene‐Based Cage (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 11/2026)
In the Research Article (e23981), Lin Cheng, Liping Cao, and co-workers designed and synthesized a crown-ether-functionalized tetraphenylethene-based cationic cage. This multi-cavity molecular cage establishes a multi-domain cooperative hydrophobic microenvironment that enhances hydrogen bonding among sequence-diverse dinucleotides in aqueous conditions. The study provides valuable insights into the sequence-dependent diversity of base hydrogen-bonding structures within artificial systems, potentially uncovering patterns that may also be present in nature.
Authors
- Nuojin Yao
- Fan Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2355-7277)
- Tianci He
- Lin Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2732-8263)
- Zhimin Cao
- Ting Yang
- Liping Cao
Institutions
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.2026-m0402121700
- Primary Topic
- Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00