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A hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene-based ditopic receptor for alkylammonium ions controlled by Ag+Ions

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posted on 2018-04-19, 13:29 authored by Xue-Kai Jiang, Yusuke Ikejiri, Chong Wu, Shofiur Rahman, P.E. Georghiou, Xi Zeng, Mark ElsegoodMark Elsegood, Carl Redshaw, Simon J. Teat, Takehiko Yamato
© 2018 by the authors. A receptor cone-1 based on a hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene bearing three pyridyl groups was successfully synthesized, which has a C 3 -symmetric conformation and is capable of binding alkylammonium and metal ions simultaneously in a cooperative fashion. It can bind alkylammonium ions through the π-cavity formed by three aryl rings. This behaviour is consistent with the cone-in/cone-out conformational rearrangement needed to reorganize the cavity for endo-complexation. As a C 3 -symmetrical pyridyl-substituted calixarene, receptor cone-1 can also bind an Ag + ion, and the nitrogen atoms are turned towards the inside of the cavity and interact with Ag + . After complexation of tris(2-pyridylamide) derivative receptor cone-1 with Ag + , the original C 3 -symmetry was retained and higher complexation selectivity for n-BuNH 3 + versus t-BuNH 3 + was observed. Thus, it is believed that this receptor will have a role to play in the sensing, detection, and recognition of Ag + and n-BuNH 3 + ions.

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This work was performed under the Cooperative Research Program of the “Network Joint Research Center for Materials and Devices (Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University)”.

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  • Science

Department

  • Chemistry

Published in

Molecules

Volume

23

Issue

2

Citation

JIANG, X-K. ...et al., 2018. A hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene-based ditopic receptor for alkylammonium ions controlled by Ag+Ions. Molecules, 23(2), 467.

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2018-02-05

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2018

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This is an Open Access Article. It is published by MDPI under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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1420-3049

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  • en