Second generation dendrimers with CS-E disaccharides as multivalent ligands for Langerin
Chondroitin sulfate type E (CS-E) is a sulfated polysaccharide that shows several interesting biological activities, such as the modulation of the neuronal growth factor signaling and its interaction with Langerin, a C-type lectin with a crucial role in the...
Evidence for Genuine Bimetallic Frustrated Lewis Pair Activation of Dihydrogen with Gold(I)/Platinum(0) Systems
A joint experimental/computational effort to elucidate the mechanism of dihydrogen activation by a gold(I)/platinum(0) metal-only frustrated Lewis pairs is described herein. We have also investigated the drastic effects on H2 activation derived from subtle ligand...
Trehalose-based Siamese twin amphiphiles with tunable self- assembling, DNA nanocomplexing and gene delivery properties
An original family of multivalent vectors encompassing gemini and facial amphiphilicity, namely cationic Siamese twin surfactants, has been prepared from the disaccharide trehalose; molecular engineering lets us modulate the self-assembling properties and the topology...
Reactivity of a gold(I)/platinum(0) frustrated Lewis pair with germanium and tin dihalides
The reactivity of germanium and tin dichlorides with a transition metal-only frustrated Lewis pair based on Au(I) and Pt(0) compounds bearing bulky phosphine ligands is described in this work. We have examined both the reactivity of tetrylene dihalides towards the...