Head of the group
Prof. Agnieszka Szumna
Adjuncts
Assoc. Prof. Magdalena Zimnicka
Assistants
Dr. Esma Abdurakhmanova
Dr. Marcin Konopka
Dr.eng. Marek Szymański
Chemists
M.Sc. eng. Krzysztof Olender
PhD Students
M.Sc. Kamil Budziak
M.Sc. Vidhu Kollayil
M.Sc. Deepshikha Priyadarshini
NCN PRELUDIUM 2025/57/N/ST5/03638
“CH-binding anion receptors for catalysis and sensing in micellar media”
NCN OPUS 2023/49/B/ST5/02466
„Peptide-based luminescent coordination capsules and cages – towards bio-inspired cavities illuminated by chiral light”
Wroclaw Centre for Networking and Supercomputing (299)
“Ab inito calculations of chiroptical properties of inherently chiral molecules”
E. R. Abdurakhmanova, B. Zawada, M. P. Szymański, P. Cmoch, R. M. Losus, L. Dobrzańska, M. J. Chmielewski, A. Szumna, „Supramolecular Umpolung via Esterification: Converting Electron-Rich Phenolic Macrocycles into CH-Bonding Anion Receptors and Transporters”, JACS Au
K. J. Olender, M. P. Szymański, O. Danylyuk, A. Szumna, E. R. Abdurakhmanova, „Multisite Anion Receptors: Interplay of OH and CH Binding Sites in Sulfate-Bridged Resorcinarenes”, Chem. Eur. J.
A. Llamosí, M. P. Szymański, M. Zimnicka, A. Szumna, „Thermodynamically Driven Multi-Site Photoswitching in Tetraoxindole Cavitands Controlled by Hydrogen Bonding and Mechanochemistry”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
M. Konopka, R. Śliwa, M. P. Szymański, A. Tobolska, W. Wróblewski, I. Tomczyk, K. Rybicka-Jasińska, A. Kasprzak, A. Szumna, „Axial Chirality Induction in Ferrocene-Amino Acid Hybrids─toward Chiral Redox-Active Building Blocks”, Inorg. Chem.
M. P. Szymański, A. Czapik, M. Banasiewicz, K. Chuchracka, M. Kwit, A. Szumna, P. Skowronek, „Multi-state emission of TICT luminophores”, J. Mater. Chem. C
D. Priyadarshini, R. Naorem, M. P. Szymański, O. Danylyuk, M. J. Chmielewski, A. Szumna, „Tunable Anion Recognition at the Lower Rim of Resorcin[4]arenes: Strength, Selectivity, and Transport”, JACS Au
A. Llamosí, M. A. Olejnik, O. Danylyuk, M. F. Rode, A. Szumna, „Competition between Photoswitching and Fluorescence in Hemiindigos and Hemithioindigos”, Chem. Eur. J.
A. Llamosí, O. Danylyuk, A. Szumna, „Facile and Versatile Mechanochemical Synthesis of Indigoid Photoswitches”, ChemSusChem
P. Jurek, M. P. Szymański, A. Szumna, „Remote control of anion binding by CH-based receptors”, Chem. Commun.
E. R. Abdurakhmanova, D. Mondal, H. Jędrzejewska, P. Cmoch, O. Danylyuk, M. J. Chmielewski, A. Szumna, „Supramolecular umpolung: Converting electron-rich resorcin[4]arenes into potent CH-bonding anion receptors and transporters”, Chem
A. Llamosı, M. P. Szymański, A. Szumna, „Molecular vessels from preorganised natural building blocks”, Chem. Soc. Rev.
D. L. Stares, A. Szumna, C. A. Schalley, „Encapsulation in Charged Droplets Generates Distorted Host-Guest Complexes”, Chem. Eur. J.
D. Gryko, A. Szumna, R. Aav, T. Soós, „ChemEASTry Europe, the Status of the Chemical Sciences in a Growing Region”, Org. Lett.
P. Jurek, M. F. Rode, M. P. Szymański, M. Banasiewicz, A. Szumna, „Macrocyclic luminophores under confinement in a polymeric matrix – induction of large-Stokes shift by inter-unit proton transfer”, J. Mater. Chem. C
P. Jurek, H. Jędrzejewska, M. F. Rode, A. Szumna, „Recognition-Induced Enhanced Emission of Core-Fluorescent ESIPT-type Macrocycles”, Chem. Eur. J.
E. R. Abdurakhmanova, P. Cmoch, A. Szumna, „Three modes of interactions between anions and phenolic macrocycles: a comparative study”, Org. Biomol. Chem.
M. Grajda, G. Staros, H. Jędrzejewska, A. Szumna, „Toward Coordination Cages with Hybrid Chirality: Amino Acid-Induced Chirality on Metal Centers”, Inorg. Chem.
A. Sakowicz, A. Szumna, „Chiral Water-Soluble Molecular Capsules With Amphiphilic Interiors”, Front. Chem.
M. Chwastek, P. Cmoch, A. Szumna, „Anion-Based Self-assembly of Resorcin[4]arenes and Pyrogallol[4]arenes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.
M. Chwastek, P. Cmoch, A. Szumna, „Dodecameric Anion‐Sealed Capsules based on Pyrogallol[5]arenes and Resorcin[5]arenes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
R. Orłowski, J. A. Clark, J. B. Derr, E. M. Espinoza, M. F. Mayther, O. Staszewska-Krajewska, J. R. Winkler, H. Jędrzejewska, A. Szumna, H. B. Gray, V. I. Vullev, D. T. Gryko, “Role of intramolecular hydrogen bonds in promoting electron flow through amino acid and oligopeptide conjugates”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
M. Szymański, M. Grajda, A. Szumna, „Amplification of Electronic Circular Dichroism—A Tool to Follow Self-Assembly of Chiral Molecular Capsules”, Molecules
M. Gilski, P. Bernatowicz, A. Sakowicz, M. P. Szymański , A. Zalewska , A. Szumna, M. Jaskólski, „C60 in a peptidic cage: a case of symmetry mismatch studied by crystallography and solid-state NMR”, Acta. Cryst. B. Struct. Sci. Cryst. Eng. Mater.
S. J. Nemat, H. Jędrzejewska, A. Prescimone, A. Szumna, K. Tiefenbacher, „Catechol[4]arene: The Missing Chiral Member of the Calix[4]arene Family”, Org. Lett.
M. Chwastek, A. Szumna, „Higher Analogues of Resorcinarenes and Pyrogallolarenes: Bricks for Supramolecular Chemistry”, Org. Lett.
A. Szafraniec, M. Grajda, H. Jędrzejewska, A. Szumna, W. Iwanek, „Enaminone Substituted Resorcin[4]arene—Sealing of an Upper-Rim with a Directional System of Hydrogen-Bonds”, Int. J. Mol. Sci.
H. Jędrzejewska, E. Wielgus, S. Kaźmierski, H. Rogala, M. Wierzbicki, A. Wróblewska, T. Pawlak, M. J. Potrzebowski, A. Szumna, „Porous Molecular Capsules as Non‐Polymeric Transducers of Mechanical Forces to Mechanophores”, Chem. Eur. J.
B. Setner, A. Szumna, „Complexation of chiral amines by resorcin[4]arene sulfonic acids in polar media – circular dichroism and diffusion studies of chirality transfer and solvent dependence”, Beilstein J. Org. Chem.
H. Jędrzejewska, A. Szumna, „Peptide-based capsules with chirality-controlled functionalized interiors – rational design and amplification from dynamic combinatorial libraries”, Chem. Sci.
K. Stefańska, A. Szafraniec, M. P. Szymański, M. Wierzbicki, A. Szumna, W. Iwanek, „Chiral chromane[4]arenes synthesised by cycloaddition reactions of o-quinomethine resorcin[4]arenes”, New J. Chem.
K. Eichstaedt, K. Szpotkowski, M. Grajda, M. Gilski, S. Wosicki, M. Jaskólski, A. Szumna, „Self‐assembly and ordering of peptide‐based cavitands in water and DMSO – the power of hydrophobic effects combined with neutral hydrogen bonds”, Chem. Eur. J.
M. P. Szymański, J. S. Czajka, P. Cmoch, W. Iwanek, A. Szumna, „Interlaced capsules by self-assembly of cavitands substituted with tripeptides and tetrapeptides”, Supramol. Chem.
S. Kosiorek, B. Rosa, T. Boinski, H. Butkiewicz, M. P. Szymański, O. Danylyuk, A. Szumna, V. Sashuk, „Pillar[4]pyridinium: a square-shaped molecular box”, Chem. Commun.
M. Grajda, M. J. Lewińska and A. Szumna, „The templation effect as a driving force for the self-assembly of hydrogen-bonded peptidic capsules in competitive media”, Org. Biomol. Chem.
M. P. Szymański, H. Jędrzejewska, M. Wierzbicki, A. Szumna, „On the mechanism of mechanochemical molecular encapsulation in peptidic capsules”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
M. Wierzbicki, A. A. Głowacka, M. P. Szymański, A. Szumna, J.„A chiral member of the family of organic hexameric cages”, Chem. Commun.
T. Boinski, A. Szumna, „Hybrid[4]arenes with anthracene units and tuneable cavities”, New J. Chem.
H. Jędrzejewska, A. Szumna, „Making a Right or Left Choice: Chiral Self-Sorting as a Tool for the Formation of Discrete Complex Structures”, Chem. Rev.