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A Halogen-Bonding Catenane for Anion Recognition and Sensing†

  1. Dr. Antonio Caballero1,
  2. Dr. Fabiola Zapata1,
  3. Nicholas G. White1,
  4. Dr. Paulo J. Costa2,
  5. Prof. Vítor Félix2,
  6. Prof. Paul D. Beer1,*

Article first published online: 16 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108404

Issue

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 51, Issue 8, pages 1876–1880, February 20, 2012

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How to Cite

Caballero, A., Zapata, F., White, N. G., Costa, P. J., Félix, V. and Beer, P. D. (2012), A Halogen-Bonding Catenane for Anion Recognition and Sensing. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51: 1876–1880. doi: 10.1002/anie.201108404

Author Information

  1. 1

    Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA (UK)

  2. 2

    Departamento de Química, CICECO and Secção Autónoma de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro (Portugal)

*Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA (UK)

  1. †

    A.C. thanks the European Union for a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. F.Z. thanks the Ministry of Education of Spain for a postdoctoral contract (Programa Nacional de Movilidad y Recursos Humanos del Plan Nacional I+D+I 2008-2011). N.G.W. thanks the Clarendon Fund and Trinity College for a studentship. P.J.C. thanks FCT for the postdoctoral grant SFRH/BPD/27082/2006. We express our gratitude to Diamond Light Source for the award of beamtime on I19 (MT1858).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 FEB 2012
  2. Article first published online: 16 JAN 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 29 NOV 2011

Funded by

  • European Union
  • Ministry of Education of Spain
  • FCT. Grant Number: SFRH/BPD/27082/2006

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Keywords:

  • anions;
  • catenane;
  • halogen-bonding;
  • molecular dynamics;
  • supramolecular chemistry
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The anion-templated synthesis of a halogen-bonding catenane, which recognizes chloride and bromide ions solely by halogen bonding, is described. The catenane's ability to optically sense halide anions using fluorescence spectroscopy is demonstrated.

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