Binding of tetramethylammonium to polyether side-chained aromatic hosts. Evaluation of the binding contribution from ether oxygen donors

S Bartoli, G De Nicola, S Roelens

Index: Bartoli, Sandra; De Nicola, Gina; Roelens, Stefano Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2003 , vol. 68, # 21 p. 8149 - 8156

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Abstract

A set of macrocyclic and open-chain aromatic ligands endowed with polyether side chains has been prepared to assess the contribution of ether oxygen donors to the binding of tetramethylammonium (TMA), a cation believed incapable of interacting with oxygen donors. The open-chain hosts consisted of an aromatic binding site and side chains possessing a variable number of ether oxygen donors; the macrocyclic ligands were based on the ...