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- Title
An Electron‐Rich Calix[4]arene‐Based Receptor with Unprecedented Binding Affinity for Nitric Oxide.
- Authors
Wang, Denan; Ivanova, Lena V.; Ivanov, Maxim V.; Mirzaei, Saber; Timerghazin, Qadir K.; Reid, Scott A.; Rathore, Rajendra
- Abstract
Calixarenes have found widespread application as building blocks for the design and synthesis of functional materials in host–guest chemistry. The ongoing desire to develop a detailed understanding of the nature of NO bonding to multichromophoric π‐stacked assemblies led us to develop an electron‐rich methoxy derivative of calix[4]arene (3), which we show exists as a single conformer in solution at ambient temperature. Here, we examine the redox properties of this derivative, generate its cation radical (3+.) using robust chemical oxidants, and determine the relative efficacy of its NO binding in comparison with model calixarenes. We find that 3/3+. is a remarkable receptor for NO+/NO, with unprecedented binding efficacy. The availability of precise experimental structures of this calixarene derivative and its NO complex, obtained by X‐ray crystallography, is critically important both for developing novel functional NO biosensors, and understanding the role of stacked aromatic donors in efficient NO binding, which may have relevance to biological NO transport. A methoxy‐substituted calixarene derivative is an effective receptor for NO with unprecedented binding efficiency, the largest binding constant among all known NO complexes.
- Subjects
HOST-guest chemistry; CALIXARENES; BINDING agents; CHEMICAL affinity; NITRIC oxide; BIOSENSORS
- Publication
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 66, p17439
- ISSN
0947-6539
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/chem.201804245