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Synfacts 2006(3): 0218-0218  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-931935
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Synthetic Anion-Binding Macrocyclic Heterocycles

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jean Bouffard
K.-J. Chang, D. Moon, M. S. Lah, K.-S. Jeong*
Yonsei University and Hanyang University, Korea
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21 February 2006 (online)

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Significance

The two novel, rigid, indole-based macrocyclic hydrogen-bond donating receptors were prepared in a convergent and modular fashion in high yields. These show impressive association constants (105-108) that allow for the convenient chemosensing of anions by NMR methods.