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SUBMITTER: Langton MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4832824 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Langton Matthew J MJ Marques Igor I Robinson Sean W SW Félix Vítor V Beer Paul D PD
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20151202 1
The synthesis and anion-recognition properties of the first halogen-bonding rotaxane host to sense anions in water is described. The rotaxane features a halogen-bonding axle component, which is stoppered with water-solubilizing permethylated β-cyclodextrin motifs, and a luminescent tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II)-based macrocycle component. (1) H NMR anion-binding titrations in D2 O reveal the halogen-bonding rotaxane to bind iodide with high affinity and with selectively over the smaller halide a ...[more]