Calix[4]trap: A Bioinspired Host Equipped with Dual Selection Mechanisms

Zhenchuang Xu1, Nie Fang1, Yanchuan Zhao1,2

  • 1Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling-Ling Road, Shanghai 200032, China.

Summary

Researchers developed artificial hosts with dual ion-binding mechanisms, mimicking biological ion channels. These hosts achieve record selectivity for potassium ions over sodium ions and other ion pairs.