Synthesis, structure, and cation complexation of a novel crown ether porphyrin

A new porphyrin appended with four crown ether units at meso-positions via an acetylene bridge was synthesized and structurally characterized, and its complexation with a variety of metal and diammonium cations was investigated.     

Synthesis and H-NMR complexation studies of alkalimetal bithioxanthylidene crown ether complexes

Two synthetic routes to a novel class of sterically overcrowded alkenes, bithioxanthylidene crown ethers 1, are described. The ¹H spin-lattice relaxation times (T₁) of the crown ethers as well as those of the corresponding complexes with Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺ and Cs⁺ in CDCl₃ were measured and the results were interpreted in terms of complexation affinities.     

EXAFS investigations of strontium complexation by a polymer-supported crown ether

Extended X-ray absorption fine-structure (EXAFS) measurements have been used to probe the coordination environment of strontium ion sorbed from aqueous nitric acid solutions on an extraction chromatographic resin comprising a macrocyclic polyether dispersed on a polymeric support. The strontium EXAFS of the metal ions sorbed onto the resin are consistent with a 1:1:2 strontium:crown ether:nitrate stoichiometry in which the strontium is enveloped in the crown ether ring and both nitrate anions are coordinated to the strontium as bidentate ligands. This is the same structure and stoichiometry observed for complexes in liquid-liquid extraction when the macrocyclic polyether is dissolved in a diluent with low water miscibility like 1-octanol.     

Calcium cation complexation by lariat ether receptors having arene-terminated sidearms

The first reported calcium azalariat complex has an arene terminated sidearm that behaves differently from an otherwise identical indole-sidearmed complex; twin phenolic sidearms on a diaza-18-crown-6 lead to an infinite, H-bonded network.     

Synthesis,complexation, and photochemistry of benzobisthiazole-based bis(crown ether)

Benzobisthiazole-based bis(crown ether) was synthesized and its complexation with alkali and alkaline earth cations was studied. Photochemical transformations of the free ligand and its complexes with alkaline earth cations involve E,Z-photoisomerization and [2+2] photocycloaddition. Dedicated to Academician N. S. Zefirov on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2056–2065, September, 2005.     

A di-aza-benzo crown ether derived fromp-tert-butyl calix[4]arene. Synthesis and complexation of zinc cation

Di-aza-benzo crown etherp-tert-butyl calix[4]arene (1) has been prepared by hydrogenating the already known Schiff-base precursor (2). The metal ion complexing ability of (1) toward zinc cation is presented. The formation of a 2:1 (Zn: (1) complex and the location of zinc cations were deduced from¹H-NMR investigations.     

Self-healing supramolecular gels formed by crown ether based host-guest interactions

Automatic repair: a polymer with pendent dibenzo[24]crown-8 units (purple in picture) was cross-linked by two bisammonium salts (green) to form two supramolecular gels based on host-guest interactions. These two gels are stimuli-responsive materials that respond to changes of the pH value and are also self-healing materials, as can be seen by eye and as evidenced by rheological data.     

Cation complexation behavior of pyrene- and anthracene-appended new crown ether derivatives

Pyrene- and anthracene-appended new crown ether derivatives have been synthesized by Schiff's base reaction, and cation complexation behavior was investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy measurements. Based on photo-induced electron transfer and intramolecular charge transfer mechanism, the host molecules emit stronger fluorescence in the presence of various cations Na(+), K(+), Rb(+), Cs(+) and NH(4)(+) since the complexation between guest cations and crown ether compounds inhibit partial electron transfer from the nitrogen atom to the chromophores and subsequently fluorescence is enhanced. The binding constants were estimated from the plots of the fraction of binding sites filled for crown ether compound as a function of free-ion concentration. Results show that 15-crown-5 derivatives exhibit higher binding ability with sodium cations while 18-crown-6 derivatives had higher affinity for potassium cations, which is consistent with the hole-size relationship of the crown ethers. Ammonium ion complexation caused largest fluorescence enhancement. It is understood that ammonium ion cannot only complex with crown ether, but also interact directly with the lone pair electrons of nitrogen atom in C=N bond so that electron transfer from the nitrogen atom to chromophores is further inhibited.     

Chiral separations by host-guest complexation with cyclodextrin and crown ether in capillary zone electrophoresis

Summary Capillary zone electrophoresis using cyclodextrins and a chiral crown ether as buffer constituents was studied for the enantiomeric separation of drugs and amino acids. Based on results obtained from separation of racemic -amino acids both chiral selectors are compared with respect to resolution, efficiency and retention time. For (±)-Quinagolide effects of buffer composition and temperature are examined using -cyclodextrin as chiral agent. Optimum conditions were pH 2.5 at 30 mmol L^–1 -cyclodextrin. A linear dependence of retention on -cyclodextrin concentration allowed calculation of formation constants of the host-guest complexes. Buffer concentration and temperature also influence resolution. The application of a chiral crown ether to the separation of optical isomers in capillary zone electrophoresis is described for the first time. Chiral recognition of solutes depends on the formation of protonated alkyl amines and separation is attributed to the formation of diastereomeric host-guest complexes with different interactions for each enantiomer. The effects of crown ether concentration on resolution are presented.     

A novel fluorescence sensor for K+ based on bis-Bodipy: The ACQ effect controlled by cation complexation of pseudo crown ether ring

Three novel bis-Bodipy 3a–3c bridged with crown ether chain were prepared in yields of 70–78%. Their complexation absorption and fluorescent spectra for fourteen metal ions suggested that compound 3b exhibited the selective response for K⁺ with obvious ACQ effect. The association constant of compound 3b with K⁺ was 4.3 × 10⁵ M^?1 and 1:1 complex mode was deduced. The complexation mechanism of ACQ effect controlled by cation complexation of pseudo crown ether ring was confirmed by the fluorescent titrations, complexation FT-IR spectra, complexation ¹H NMR spectra, complexation ESI-MS spectra and contrast experiment of similar mono-Bodipy derivative. The K⁺ was binded in the cavity of a pseudo crown ether ring, leading to the closed distance for two Bodipy units and then enhancing the ACQ effect obviously. Both the structure of the crown ether chain and two Bodipy units were decisive factors for the selective fluorescence sensor for K⁺.     

Thermodynamic studies of alkaline-earth-metal cation complexation by lipophilic dioxa,trioxa, and dithia dicarboxylic acids

Five new lipophilic dicarboxylic acids with systematic structural variation in the bridge which joins the two lipophilic carboxylic acid units have been synthesized. Potentiometric equilibrium measurements of hydrogen ion concentrations have been employed to determine the protonation constants for these lipophilic di-ionizable acyclic ligands in 90% methanol-10% water (v/v) at 25.0 °C and an ionic strength of 0.10 M and the stability constants for their complexes with Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, and Sr²⁺. Although all five ligands exhibit the highest stability constants for Ca²⁺, the magnitude of the differences between the stability constants for complexation of Ca²⁺ versus Mg²⁺ or Sr²⁺ is found to vary widely depending upon the identity of the bridging unit which joins the two carboxylic acid end groups.     

Preparation, solid-state characterization, and computational study of a crown ether attached to a squaramide

[structure: see text] Crystals of a disecondary squaramide covalently linked to a crown ether presents a great variety of inter- and intramolecular nonbonded interactions including C-H/pi contacts, C-H...O and N-H...O hydrogen bonds, and pi-pi stacking between squaramide rings. Latter interaction, the stacking between squaramide rings, can be considered as an experimental evidence for the proposed aromaticity of squaramide when it is forming hydrogen bonds, either as acceptor or donor.     

Golden crowns: cation binding by macrocyclic gold(I) crown ether derivatives

The polyether bis(alkynes) α,ω-bis(O-propargyl)triethylene glycol and α,ω-bis(O-4-propargyloxyphenoxy)triethylene glycol reacted with [AuCl(SMe₂)] in the presence of base to form the corresponding oligomeric gold(I) acetylide complexes (AuCCCH₂O(CH₂CH₂O)₃CH₂CCAu)_n and (AuCCCH₂OC₆H₄O(CH₂CH₂O)₃C₆H₄OCH₂CCAu)_n. These digold(I) diacetylide complexes reacted with diphosphine ligands to give macrocyclic digold(I) complexes of the type [Au₂(μ-CC)(μ-PP)], where CC is the diacetylide and PP is a diphosphine ligand. These digold(I) complexes bind the cations Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺ and Cs⁺, as studied by electrospray mass spectrometry.     

开链冠醚类似物的合成与研究I

Antipyrine derivatives I (Z = O, S; Z1 = CH2, CH2OCH2; n = 0, 1, 2, 3) were prepared as open-chain crown ether analogs. Thus, refluxing diethylene glycol ditosylate with 4-hydroxyantipyrine and K2CO3 in acetone for 15 h gave I (Z = O, Z1 = CH2OCH2). The activities of I as phase-transfer catalyst for iodination of 1-bromoctane with NaI, or KI were reported.     

The effects of alkali cation complexation on the fluorescence properties of crown ethers

The effects of alkali metal complexation on the fluorescence properties of two crown ethers (a podand and a coronand) were investigated. Metal ion binding leads to changes in fluorescence intensity along with slight shifts in the emission maxima. This is attributed to a rigidization of the fluorophore and an interaction of the metal ion with non-bonding electrons of the crown ethers. The effects on the spectra are more pronounced in fluorescence than in absorption.Fluorescence titration with metal ions provides a simple and sensitive means for the determination of complexation constants, which were found to be highly dependent upon the water content of the methanol solution. Halide counterions, in particular iodide, act as dynamic fluorescence quenchers withStern-Volmer constants that are different for the sodium and potassium complexes, respectively.

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Die Effekte der Komplexierung von Alkalimetallionen auf die Fluoreszenzeigenschaften von Kronenethern

Zusammenfassung Die Effekte der Komplexierung von Alkalimetallionen auf die Fluoreszenzeigenschaften zweier Kronenether (eines Podanden und eines Coronanden) wurden untersucht. Die Bindung des Metallions fürt zu Veränderungen in der Fluoreszenzintensität und zu Verschiebungen in den Emissionsmaxima. Dies wird einer gesteigerten Starrheit des Fluorophors und einer Wechselwirkung des Metallions mit nichtbindenden Elektronen des Kronenethers zugeschrieben. Die Auswirkungen auf die Spektren sind in der Fluoreszenz ausgeprägter als in der Absorption.Fluoreszenztitrationen mit Metallionen bieten eine einfache und empfindliche Möglichkeit zur Bestimmung von Komplexkonstanten, welche stark vom Wassergehalt der methanolischen Lösung abhängig befunden werden. Halogenidgegenionen, insbesonders Iodid, wirken als dynamische Fluoreszenzlöscher und weisenStern-Volmer-Konstanten auf, welche für die Natrium- bzw. Kalium-Komplexe verschieden sind.

     

Alkali metal complexation properties of resorcinarene bis-crown ethers: effect of the crown ether functionality and preorganization on complexation

The synthesis and characterization of tetramethoxy resorcinarene tribenzo-bis-crown ethers, m- and p-TBBC6, are described. The effect of the added aromatic functionality in the crown ether bridge on the alkali metal complexation properties was investigated and compared to the properties of tetramethoxy resorcinarene bis-crown-5 (BC5) by means of ¹H NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. It was found that BC5 and m-TBBC6 were capable of binding alkali metal cations (K⁺, Rb⁺, and Cs⁺), with the highest affinity toward Cs⁺ cation, while no binding was observed in the case of p-TBBC6, which confirms the significance of the complementarity and preorganization for complexation affinity.