Screening Solvent Effects in Anion Recognition

Nitrate anion templated assembly of a [2]rotaxane for selective nitrate recognition in aqueous solvent mixtures.

The first nitrate anion templated assembly of an interlocked molecular architecture is demonstrated through the preparation of a [2]rotaxane. Removal of the discrete nitrate anion template from the [2]rotaxane reveals an interlocked host system capable of strong and selective recognition of nitrate, in aqueous-organic solvent mixtures, over a range of more basic mono-charged oxoanions.

Partitioning of solvent effects and intrinsic interactions in biological recognition.

Cluster structure of imidazolium salts in methanol controlled by the balance of interactions: cation-anion, cation-solvent, and anion-solvent.

We have studied the cluster structure of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium halide, bmimX (X = Cl, Br, I), in methanol solution by means of an electrospray mass spectrometer, which is specially designed for analysis of clusters isolated from solution. In positive ion mode experiments, the ratio of solvated bmim(+), bmim(+)(MeOH)(n) and ion-pair clusters, bmim(bmim(+)X(-))(m) was dependent on the count...

Solvent effects on the molecular recognition of anions.

Anion recognition of two flexible diols in different solvents and binary mixtures were examined. Binding constants (K) in CD3CN and CDCl3 are surprisingly similar, and CD3CN-solvent mixtures led to reduced values of K that are smaller than in either pure solvent. A surprising U-shaped dependence is observed.

Solvent-mediated folding of a doubly charged anion.

The microsolvation of the suberate dianion, -O2C(CH2)6CO2-, with two separate charge centers was studied by photoelectron spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulation one solvent molecule at a time for up to 20 waters. It is shown that the two negative charges are solvated in the linear suberate alternately. As the solvent number increases, the negative charges are screened and a conformation...