Lithium cation enhances anion binding in a tripodal phosphine oxide-based ditopic receptor.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Department of Chemistry and the Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, USA.

Published: July 2011

A tripodal ditopic receptor presents H-bond donors and a phosphine oxide to potential guests. In the idealized binding conformation, an endohedral P=O functionality provides enhanced halide binding in the presence of lithium with the greatest ΔΔG° observed for bromide, while minimal changes in K(a) are observed in the presence of sodium.

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