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. 2015 Dec 10;11:2540–2548. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.11.274

Scheme 5.

Scheme 5

(top) Basis of Synthavidin technology. A fluorescent squaraine dye that is flanked by PEG chains can rapidly thread a tetralactam macrocycle in water to produce a highly stable complex. (bottom) Two views of the threaded complex highlighting the structural features controlling the threading kinetics and thermodynamics.