Metal–organic transmembrane nanopores

M Boccalon, E Iengo, P Tecilla

Index: Boccalon, Mariangela; Iengo, Elisabetta; Tecilla, Paolo Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012 , vol. 134, # 50 p. 20310 - 20313

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Abstract

A stable tetraporphyrin metallacycle with Re (I) corners (1) is capable of forming nanopores in a liposomial membrane, provided that the porphyrin units are properly functionalized with peripheral carboxylic acid residues that, by establishing an hydrogen bond network, allow the formation of dimers that span the depth of the membrane.