Our group reunion at the International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC2024 Team ISMSC) was hosted this evening by Chuck Ng. Group members past and present join with me in registering a big thank you to Chuck Ng.

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More than 130 years after their discovery, cyclodextrins are finally getting a glimpse of their mirror image. For the first time, chemists have synthesized L-CDs using the unnatural sugar L-glucose. cen.acs.org/synthesis/Cycl…

Setting the stage for exploring the mirror-image world of naturally occurring cyclodextrins – rings of six to eight sugar units – scientists have synthesized the first L-cyclodextrins in the lab.
chemistryworld.com/news/first-mir…

Much appreciated Andy Extance for highlighting our Research Article on the making of mirror-image cyclodextrins! Fraser Stoddart Nature Synthesis

Thank you Dr Bethany Halford for writing this sweet piece in C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) highlighting our recent publication Nature Synthesis! Fraser Stoddart
nature.com/articles/s4416…

Metal-Assisted Carbohydrate Assembly | Journal of the American Chemical Society @utarlington Fraser Stoddart #Metal #Assisted #Carbohydrate #Assembly pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Metal-Assisted Carbohydrate Assembly | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Although Cyclofructan Metal-Organic Frameworks (CF-MOFs) lack the stability of CD-MOFs, their assembly with K+ ions from CF-6, produced by fermentation from inulin, is a breakthrough in metal-assisted carbohydrate assembly. Yong Wu Chun Tang The University of Texas at Arlington Northwestern Chemistry

Yong Wu Nature Synthesis Fraser Stoddart HKU Chemistry Great work, Yong. Really exciting to see the mirror-image CD being made finally.

Metal-Assisted Carbohydrate Assembly

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pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Yong Wu Nature Synthesis Fraser Stoddart Thanks Dr Wu. Congratulations on your excellent work!

Expertly written News & views by Professor Beeren. I agree.

Synthesis of l-cyclodextrins nature.com/articles/s4416…

Special thanks go to Professor Sophie Beeren for this News & Views piece in Nature Synthesis . It's very well written and I have enjoyed reading it! Fraser Stoddart

Very cool!

Now online:

Article by Yong Wu, Fraser Stoddart & co-authors at Northwestern Chemistry, HKU Chemistry

Mirror-image cyclodextrins

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