Guest and subunit exchange in self-assembled ionophores
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Merging Ion Concentration Polarization between Juxtaposed Ion Exchange Membranes to Block the Propagation of the Polarization Zone
Published on: February 23, 2017
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA.
Abstract:
[reaction: see text] Self-assembled ionophores, formed by hydrogen bonding of isoG 1 around a cation, are dynamic structures. Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy in CD(3)CN-CDCl(3) showed that cation exchange is >10(4) faster than exchange of isoG 1 ligand in (isoG 1)(10)-Cs(+) Ph(4)B(-). The cationic guest also affected the kinetic stability of the complex. 2D-EXSY NMR experiments in CDCl(3) showed that ligand exchange was 2 orders of magnitude faster for the Li(+)-decamer than for the Cs(+)-decamer.
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