Advance in the construction and application of cyclodextrinporphyrin supramolecular system

Abstract

Molecular recognition and selective guest molecular inclusion are the unique performances of cyclodextrin, and porphyrin owns the behavior of biomimetic catalysis, electron transfer and light energy transfer. Based on the introduction of construction ways, the applications of cyclodextrin-porphyrins supramolecular system in biomimetic catalysis, life science, drug delivery and electron transfer were well reviewed. The cyclodextrin-porphyrins supramolecular system endowed with the advantages that concentrated the dual nature of porphyrins and cyclodextrin. The supramolecular system constructed by using the binding cyclodextrin-porphyrins as host molecular could more effectively mimic the behavior of enzymes, showing excellent regional and stereoselectivity. And it will be widely used in biomimetic catalysis. © 2012 Chinese Chemical Society & SIOC, CAS.