Synthetic cation transporters incorporating crown ethers and calixarenes as headgroups and central relays: a comparison of sodium and chloride selectivity |
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Authors: | Iglesias-Sánchez José Carlos Wang Wei Ferdani Riccardo Prados Pilar de Mendoza Javier Gokel George W |
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Institution: | Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química Orgánica (C-I), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain. |
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Abstract: | An earlier study showed that a calix4]arene could function as a central relay unit to form an ion conductance pathway through a phospholipid bilayer membrane. The present study expands the range of compounds from calix4]arene to calix6]arene and incorporates them either as central units or as headgroups, substituting one or more diaza-18-crown-6 residues in functioning hydraphiles. Ion release was assayed by detecting either Na(+) or Cl(-) release from phospholipid vesicles. The ion transport activity for calix4]arenes in either position is modest, but is almost non-existent when calix6] residues were incorporated either as head groups or central relay units. The poor activity of the calix6]arenes may result from an inability to penetrate to the midplane of the bilayer or pass entirely through it to form a conductance pathway. The transmembrane "flip-flop" may result from high polarity or steric bulk, or both. A hydraphile incorporating a single -NHCOC(6)H(4)OCH(2)CONH- as a central relay proved to be an excellent Na(+) conductor, but less selective for Cl(-). The fact that this new hydraphile molecule shows selectivity for Na (+) over Cl(-) transport and possesses two secondary amide residues in the central relay suggests a means to control ion selectivity in synthetic ion transporters. |
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