Highly selective fluorescent recognition of sulfate in water by two rigid tetrakisimidazolium macrocycles with peripheral chains

H Zhou, Y Zhao, G Gao, S Li, J Lan…

Index: Zhou, Hongjun; Wang, Zhi; Gao, Chao; You, Jingsong; Gao, Ge Chemical Communications, 2013 , vol. 49, # 18 p. 1832 - 1834

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Abstract

The reinforced molecular recognition of two rigid tetrakisimidazolium macrocycles resulted in highly selective fluorescent recognition of sulfate dianion in water with an unprecedentedly high association constant of 8.6× 109 M–2. Besides the electrostatic