N‐Alkyl Ammonium Resorcinarene Salts as High‐Affinity Tetravalent Chloride Receptors |
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Authors: | Dr. N. Kodiah Beyeh Dr. Fangfang Pan Dr. Sandip Bhowmik Toni Mäkelä Prof. Robin H. A. Ras Acad. Prof. Kari Rissanen |
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Affiliation: | 1. Aalto University, School of Science, Department of Applied Physics, Espoo, Finland;2. University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, Jyvaskyla, Finland |
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Abstract: | N‐Alkyl ammonium resorcinarene salts (NARYs, Y=triflate, picrate, nitrate, trifluoroacetates and NARBr) as tetravalent receptors, are shown to have a strong affinity for chlorides. The high affinity for chlorides was confirmed from a multitude of exchange experiments in solution (NMR and UV/Vis), gas phase (mass spectrometry), and solid‐state (X‐ray crystallography). A new tetra‐iodide resorcinarene salt (NARI) was isolated and fully characterized from exchange experiments in the solid‐state. Competition experiments with a known monovalent bis‐urea receptor ( 5 ) with strong affinity for chloride, reveals these receptors to have a much higher affinity for the first two chlorides, a similar affinity as 5 for the third chloride, and lower affinity for the fourth chloride. The receptors affinity toward chloride follows the trend K1?K2?K3≈ 5 >K4, with Ka=5011 m ?1 for 5 in 9:1 CDCl3/[D6]DMSO. |
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Keywords: | anions chlorine host– guest systems noncovalent interactions receptors |
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