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Host-guest interaction between cyclen based macrotricyclic ligands and phosphate anions. A potentiometric
Stéphanie Develay1, Raphaël Tripier, Michel Le Baccon
1UMR CNRS 6521, "Chimie, Electrochimie Moléculaire et Analytique", Université de Bretagne Occidentale, C. S. 93837, 6 avenue Victor Le Gorgeu, 29238, Brest Cedex 3, France.
Abstract:
The host-guest interaction between orthophosphate, pyrophosphate and triphosphate anions and three cyclen based macrotricyclic ligands possessing ortho- (TOC), meta- (TMC) and para-xylenyl (TPC) linkers was investigated by potentiometric measurements. The ternary species present in solution and their stability constants have been determined. The different behaviours are explained in terms of hydrogen bond formation and coulombic attraction between the organic host and the inorganic guest. The selectivity, illustrated with species distribution diagrams, is discussed. The results unambiguously showed the importance of the distance between the two cyclen cores and emphasized the increasing of the triphosphate species selectivity together with the cavity size of the ligand. A comparison of the present results with those obtained with their mono-bridged homologues is also discussed.
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