Chemical Communications 2012-06-04

Efficient promotion of phosphate diester cleavage by a face-to-face cyclodextrin dimer without metal.

Ping Hu, Gao-Feng Liu, Liang-Nian Ji, Zong-Wan Mao

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 48(44) , 5515-7, (2012)

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Abstract

An organic face-to-face cyclodextrin dimer promotes the cleavage of bis(4-nitrophenyl) phosphate efficiently in neutral pH without the addition of metal. Both of the phosphate diester bonds can be cleaved.