The synthesis and spectroscopic investigation of aza-crown ethers with anthraquinoneand 1-aminoanthraquinone-functionalized side chains are described. Cation-induced shifts in the UV/VIS absorption spectra of the ligands dissolved in propylene carbonate are observed only for Li+ among the alkali metal ions and for Mg2+ among the alkaline earth metal ions as well as for Ag+ and T1+. Only hypsoch...

Single-crystal X-ray analysis of the 5'-bromo-l',3'-xyly~-l8-crown-5* tert-butylammonium hexafluorophosphate complex shows that the complex is of the "nesting" type in which the cation and the aryl group are on the same face of the macroring and that the macroring has a (ag'a)(ag-a)lag'a)(ag-a)(ag'a)lag-a) eonformation. Among crown ethers with aryl-sub-units, 1' ,3'-xylyl crown ethers (1) have ...

Experimental (IR and Raman) and theoretical (Kohn-Sham calculations) methods are used in a combined analysis aimed at refining the available structural data concerning the molecular guests in channels formed by stacked dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6) crown ether. The calculations are performed for a simplified model comprising isolated DB18C6 unit and its complexes with either H2O or H3O+ guests, w...

Crown ethers 12-crown-4 (12C4), benzo-15-crown-5 (B15C5), 18-crown-6 (18C6), nitrobenzo-18-crown-6 (NB18C6) dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6) and dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6 (DC18C6), dissolved in dichloromethane, are able to form oxonium-ion complexes in contact with aqueous sulfuric and hydrochloric acid solutions. This ability allows the transfer of Cr(VI) oxanions from the acid media, through an ...

The complexation of molecular clips containing fragments of diphenylglycoluril and benzocrown ethers with paraquat and its derivatives has been studied both in solution and in the solid state. In this paper we studied the influence of the crown ether ring size and the nature of the substituents at the nitrogen atoms of the paraquat derivatives on the composition and stability of these complexes.

In this review, we describe direct and indirect photochemical approaches that have been developed for the preparation of phthalimide- and naphthalimide-based, lariat-type crown ethers. The direct route utilizes a strategy in which nitrogen-linked side chains containing polyethoxy-tethered phthalimides and naphthalimides, possessing terminal α-trialkylsilyl groups, are synthesized utilizing conc...

Exposure of 3-phenylpropyl ethers to an activated iodosylbenzene monomer·18-crown-6 complex [PhI(OH)BF(4)·18C6] in the presence of BF(3)-Et(2)O and water results in the para-selective monofluorination of benzene ring via neighboring alkoxy group participation and directly affords 3-(4-fluorophenyl)propyl ethers regioselectively in good yields.

Complex formation between the silver(I) ion and monoazaand diaza-crown ethers has been studied in five polar, nonaqueous solvents using potentiometric techniques. The stability constants are spread over seven orders of magnitude, and the major contributor to this variation is the solvation of the silver(I) cation. The ring-size dependence of the stability constants is determined both by the cor...

A series of crown ethers, 12-crown-4, 15-crown-5, 18-crown-6, and dibenzo-30-crown-10, are examined as a possible means of shifting the mobilities of peptide ions. In this approach, a crown ether is added to a solution containing a mixture of peptides and is electrosprayed into the gas phase in order to create distributions of peptide-crown complexes. The ion complexes have different mobilities...