Host-Guest Complexation of Cucurbit[7]Uril and Cucurbit[8]Uril with the Antineoplastic and Multiple Sclerosis Agent Mitoxantrone (Novantrone). 2021

Valya Nikolova, and Anita Velinova, and Stefan Dobrev, and Nikoleta Kircheva, and Silvia Angelova, and Todor Dudev
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University "St. Kl. Ohridski", 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.

The nature of interactions between the neutral/protonated mitoxantrone and the cucurbit[n]uril (n = 7, 8) host system was analyzed by employing density functional theory calculations. A comparison between the inclusion complexes of CB[7] and CB[8] shows various subtle differences in the complexation thermodynamics, given as changes in the Gibbs energy. Doubly and quadruply charged mitoxantrone (MX) molecules spontaneously form complexes in a water solvent, which are modeled using the polarizable continuum model approach. Both CB[7] and CB[8] complexes are stable as the geometry of the cavity allows for electrostatic interactions between the charged MX arms and the rim of the CB cavity. CB[8] also forms a stable complex with two mitoxantrone molecules with their aromatic rings stacked inside the cavity. Both CB[7] and CB[8] show properties that can be utilized in drug delivery.

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