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Kateřina Svobodová1, Václav Eigner2, Andrea Brancale1
1Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 16628, Czech Republic.
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1,2-Phenylene tetraurea macrocycles recently attracted attention as self-assembled channel-making compounds with high selectivity to chlorides. Here, we report on the introduction of aliphatic chains in the periphery of the 1,2-phenylene tetraurea macrocycle, which led to deterioration in the ability of the macrocycle to form channels and to a reversal of anion binding preferences in favour of dihydrogen phosphate. In addition, we have developed a new method of synthesis of 1,2-phenylene tetraurea macrocycle, using a direct click of two diamino ureido derivatives by triphosgene in the presence of chloride template. This approach saves time and eliminates demanding isolation of the non-cyclic tetrameric intermediates.
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