A study on supramolecular knots is a hot paper and a frontispiece in the Angewandte Chemistry journal
26 04 2025
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The balance between the flexibility of the bipyridine-based diamine and the coordination domain’s denticity drives the self-assembly of four distinct [Ag+⋅⋅⋅Ag+]-stabilized architectures, as reported by Bartosz Szyszko group from the University of Wrocław in collaboration with Bartosz Trzaskowski, leader of the Chemical and Biological Systems Simulation Laboratory at the Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw. in their Communication. Using 2,6-diformylpyridine leads to the formation of molecular tweezer, trefoil knot, and Solomon links, while a 1,8-naphthyridine-based dialdehyde favors [2]catenanes and trefoil knot. The Frontispiece art accentuates the unique Solomon link architecture by depicting two interlocked, snake-like motifs that guard their cherished silver eggs.