DOI: 10.1039/d6cc04453k ISSN: 1359-7345
Adaptive binding of a shape-shifting bullvalene within β-cyclodextrin
Qiyuan Tao, André P. Birvé, Jack D. Evans, Thomas FallonHost–guest complexation with β-cyclodextrin drives convergence of a dynamic shape-shifting bullvalene towards a single isomer. Computational modelling predicts preferential formation of a single enantiomer of the bullvalene within the complex.