Functional macrocyclic arenes with active binding sites inside cavity for biomimetic molecular recognition
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*Corresponding authors.
E-mail addresses: lisk@ntu.edu.cn (S. Li), lywang@nju.edu.cn (L. Wang).
Citation:
Xixian Sun, Shengke Li, Ruibing Wang, Leyong Wang. Functional macrocyclic arenes with active binding sites inside cavity for biomimetic molecular recognition[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters,
;2025, 36(4): 110806.
doi:
10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110806
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