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 |
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| State | Published - 12 Jun 2003 |