Eric Masson
Education
Ph.D. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Research
- Supramolecular and Host/Guest Recognition Chemistry
- Macrocyclic Chemistry with a focus on Cucurbiturils
- Biorganic Chemistry
Research in the Masson group is very interdisciplinary, with supramolecular chemistry being the core of our research, from which a wide range of fields radiates. Examples include physical organic, synthetic, bioorganic and medicinal chemistry, as well as material science. We are particularly interested in the recognition properties of the cucurbit[n]uril hosts, a family of macrocycles which display extreme affinity towards a wide set of guests, and can be incorporated into various molecular machines. Applications we can foresee include supramolecular catalysis, controlled drug release, and the design of stimuli-responsive nanomaterials.
Selected Publications
Joseph, R.; Masson, E. 鈥淎tropisomerization in Confined Space; Cucurbiturils as Tools to Determine the Torsional Barrier of Substituted Biphenyls鈥, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 105 鈥 110.
Joseph, R.; Masson, E. 鈥淪ubtle "supramolecular buttressing effects" in Cucurbit[7]uril/guest assemblies鈥, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2013, 11, 3116 鈥 3127.
Masson, E. 鈥淭orsional barriers of substituted biphenyls calculated using density functional theory: a benchmarking study鈥, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2013, 11, 2859 鈥 2871.
Ling, X.; Masson, E. 鈥淐ucurbituril Slippage: Cations as Supramolecular Lubricants鈥, Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 4866 鈥 4869.
Masson, E.; Ling, X.; Joseph, R.; Kyeremeh-Mensah, L.; Lu, X. 鈥淐ucurbituril Chemistry: a tale of supramolecular success鈥, RSC Adv. 2012, 2, 1213 鈥 1247.
Masson, E.; Shaker, Y. M.; Masson, J. P.; Kordesch, M. E.; Yuwono, C. 鈥'Supramolecular Circuitry鈥: Three Chemiluminescent, Cucurbit[7]uril-Controlled On/Off Switches鈥, Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3872 鈥 3875.
Lu, X.; Masson, E. 鈥淔ormation and Stabilization of Silver Nanoparticles with Cucurbit[n]urils (n = 5鈭8) and Cucurbituril-Based Pseudorotaxanes in Aqueous Medium鈥, Langmuir>/i> 2011, 27, 3051 鈥 3058.
Ling, X.; Samuel, E. L.; Patchell, D. L.; Masson, E. 鈥淐ucurbituril Slippage: Translation is a Complex Motion鈥, Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2730 鈥 2733.
Lu, X.; Masson, E.鈥淪ilver-Promoted Desilylation Catalyzed by Ortho- and Allosteric Cucurbiturils鈥, Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2310 鈥 2313.
Masson, E.; Lu, X.; Ling, X.; Patchell, D. L. 鈥淜inetic vs Thermodynamic Self-Sorting of Cucurbit[6]uril, Cucurbit[7]uril, and a Spermine Derivative鈥, Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 3798 鈥 3801.