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Published on: March 22, 2020
Recognition of quaternary ammonium cations by calix[4]arene derivatives supported on gold nanoparticles
Arturo Arduini1, Domenico Demuru, Andrea Pochini
1Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/a, I-43100 Parma, Italy.
Abstract:
Calix[4]arene derivatives supported on monolayer protected gold clusters show a remarkable enhanced binding efficiency towards quaternary ammonium salts in homogeneous solution of apolar solvents with respect to the corresponding unsupported hosts.

