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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Catal. 2018 Jul 30;1(8):609–615. doi: 10.1038/s41929-018-0115-4

Figure 2. Selective cyclisation of the monoterpene geranyl acetate catalysed by the resorcinarene capsule.

Figure 2

a, The resorcinarene monomers 7 self-assemble in apolar solvents with eight water molecules to form the hexameric capsule I with an internal volume of 1.4 nm3. The capsule is capable of stabilizing cationic species via cation-π interactions. b, The resorcinarene capsule was employed as an artificial terpene cyclase mimic for the cyclisation of monoterpenes. The cyclisation reactions were likely facilitated by the stabilisation of the cationic intermediates/transition states by the capsule.