Upon invitation of the publisher of the prestigious journal "ACS Organic & Inorganic Au", in recognition of the research conducted by Professor Kasprzak’s team, an article was published, presenting the results of their latest work: Structure-Dependent Water Solubility and Receptor Properties of C3-Symmetric Dendrimers Bearing Sumanene or Triphenylene Cores. The coauthors of the publication, with Professor Kasprzak, are Professor Hidehiro Sakurai and Professor Yumi Yakiyama (Osaka University) and Mariola Koszytkowska-Stawińska, PhD, and Stanisław Kulczyk, MSc (Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology). 

The article focuses on the development of innovative molecular receptors for group 13 metal cations, based on sumanene or triphenylene scaffolds. A unique feature of the synthesized compounds is their water solubility and the previously undescribed receptor properties of sumanene, enabling the detection of group 13 metal cations. Sumanene is a fragment of the C₆₀ fullerene, characterized by the presence of curvature in its structure. Since 2019, Professor Kasprzak, in cooperation with Professor Sakurai’s team, has been studying this particle in order to develop new receptors of molecular cations based on this unique compound.

The paper also presents results of research of Stanisław Kulczyk, MSc, conducted during his one-year research stay with the Japanese research team coordinated by Professor Kasprzak and Professor Sakurai. It should be mentioned that a novel aspect of the publication is presentation of practical application of the obtained compounds in analysis of real samples taken from Japanese reservoirs by S. Kulczyk, MSc, during his stay.

The research was done, among others, under the financial support of the National Science Centre (OPUS, 2021/43/B/ST4/00114, leader: A. Kasprzak). The article can be accessed here.