PMID- 27982157 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20180223 LR - 20180223 IS - 1477-0539 (Electronic) IS - 1477-0520 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 4 DP - 2017 Jan 25 TI - Carboxylatopillar[n]arenes: a versatile class of water soluble synthetic receptors. PG - 762-772 LID - 10.1039/c6ob02214f [doi] AB - Carboxylatopillar[n]arenes (CP[n]As, n = 5, 6, 7, 9, 10) are water soluble derivatives of pillar[n]arenes. The three-dimensional pi-electron-rich cavity and carboxylate groups at the portals, enabled CP[n]A to have strong binding affinity in water, which has been successfully harnessed in fabricating responsive supramolecular assemblies from supra-amphiphiles and developing targeted drug delivery systems (DDSs). CP[n]A based supraamphiphiles have also been used for sensor applications. This review highlights the diverse applications of water soluble carboxylatopillar[n]arenes. FAU - Dasgupta, Suvankar AU - Dasgupta S AD - Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Patna, Patna-800005, India. suvankar@nitp.ac.in. FAU - Mukherjee, Partha Sarathi AU - Mukherjee PS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6891-6697 AD - Department of Inorganic and physical chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India. psm@ipc.iisc.ernet.in. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - England TA - Org Biomol Chem JT - Organic & biomolecular chemistry JID - 101154995 EDAT- 2016/12/17 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/17 06:01 CRDT- 2016/12/17 06:00 PHST- 2016/12/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/17 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/12/17 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/c6ob02214f [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Org Biomol Chem. 2017 Jan 25;15(4):762-772. doi: 10.1039/c6ob02214f.