The synthesis of two novel calcium chromoionophores 2 and 3, which are based on a benzodiazacrown ether with an inward-facing methoxyl group and bear two acetic acid groups and a 2, 4, 6-trinitroanilino chromophore, is described. Calcium and magnesium responses at pH optima are determined. Compound 2 exhibits a 31-nm bathochromic shift of the absorption maximum, an increase in the absorptivity upon complexation with Ca2+, ...
[Fenniri, Hicham; Dallaire, Carol; Funeriu, Daniel P.; Lehn, Jean-Marie Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, 1997 , # 10 p. 2073 - 2081]