Abstract
(Matrix presented) The fluorescent chemosensor 1 bearing two imidazolium groups at the 1,8-position of anthracene has been designed for the recognition of anions through the (C-H)+ - X- hydrogen bond formation. As unique tweezer-like binding of 1 with anions is predicted by the ab initio calculations, strong anion-binding properties of chemosensor 1 are demonstrated by using fluorescence as well as 1H NMR.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2083-2086 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 12 Jun 2003 |