Polycarboxylate crown ethers: Synthesis,complexation, applications |
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Authors: | Philip J Dutton Thomas M Fyles Steven P Hansen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, V8W 2Y2 Victoria, B.C., Canada |
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Abstract: | Crown ethers derived from tartaric acid present a number of interesting features as receptor frameworks and offer a possibility of enhanced metal cation binding due to favorable electrostatic interactions. The synthesis of polycarboxylate crown ethers from tartaric acid is achieved by simple Williamson ether synthesis using thallous ethoxide or sodium hydride as base. Stability constants for the complexation of alkali metal and alkaline earth cations were determined by potentiometric titration. Complexation is dominated by electrostatic interactions but cooperative coordination of the cation by both the crown ether and a carboxylate group is essential to complex stability. Complexes are stable to pH 3 and the ligands can be used as simultaneous proton and metal ion buffers. The low extractibility of the complexes was applied in a membrane transport system which is a formal model of primary active transport. |
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Keywords: | membrane transport metal cation binding tartaric acid |
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