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ArticleNature2025

Supramolecular docking structure determination of alkyl-bearing molecules.

Yitao Wu, Le Shi, Lei Xu, Jiale Ying, Xiaohe Miao, Bin Hua, Zhijie Chen, Jonathan L Sessler, Feihe Huang

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Yitao Wu *Stoddart Institute of Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Le Shi *Stoddart Institute of Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-883X
Lei Xu *Jiangsu Key Lab of Data Engineering and Knowledge Service, Laboratory of Data Intelligence and Interdisciplinary Innovation, School of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Jiale YingStoddart Institute of Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Xiaohe MiaoKey Laboratory of Precise Synthesis of Functional Molecules of Zhejiang Province, School of Science, Westlake University, and Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Bin HuaStoddart Institute of Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. huabin@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4256-3018
Zhijie ChenStoddart Institute of Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. zhijiechen@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9232-7382
Jonathan L SesslerDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. sessler@cm.utexas.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9576-1325
Feihe HuangStoddart Institute of Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. fhuang@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3177-6744

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous natural products and drugs contain flexible alkyl chains. The resulting conformational motion can create challenges in obtaining single crystals and thus determining their molecular structures by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD)

Indexed as

Hydrocarbons, AcyclicMolecular Docking SimulationBiological ProductsCalixarenesCrystallography, X-RayMetal-Organic FrameworksMolecular ConformationPharmaceutical PreparationsQuaternary Ammonium CompoundsBiological ProductsCalixarenesHydrocarbons, AcyclicMetal-Organic FrameworksPharmaceutical Preparationspillar(5)areneQuaternary Ammonium Compounds

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PMID40205040
PMCPMC12003189

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