Isophthalamides and 2,6-dicarboxamidopyridines with pendant indole groups: a ‘twisted’ binding mode for selective fluoride recognition†
Gareth W. Bates,Philip A. Gale,Mark E. Light
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 04/30/2007 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B703905K
Abstract
Two cleft-like anion receptors have been synthesised that contain indole hydrogen-bond donors and show fluoride selectively in a DMSO–water solution with crystallographic studies showing a ‘twisted’ binding mode for fluoride in the solid state.
