Immobilization of calix[4]arene-based glycoclusters on TiO2 nanoparticles via click Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne coupling

Lisa Moni; Stefano Rossetti; Marco Scoponi; Alberto Marra; Alessandro Dondoni

doi:10.1039/b919353g

Immobilization of calix[4]arene-based glycoclusters on TiO2 nanoparticles via click Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne coupling

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jan 21;46(3):475-7. doi: 10.1039/b919353g. Epub 2009 Nov 16.

Authors

Lisa Moni¹, Stefano Rossetti, Marco Scoponi, Alberto Marra, Alessandro Dondoni

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Organica, Università di Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy.

PMID: 20066330
DOI: 10.1039/b919353g

Abstract

We present the first type of tetraazide-functionalized calix[4]arene TiO(2) nanoparticles and their coupling to propargyl glycosides under Cu(I)-catalysis (click reaction), resulting in the immobilization of calix[4]arene-based glycoclusters on the TiO(2) surface.

MeSH terms

Alkynes / chemistry
Azides / chemistry
Calixarenes / chemistry*
Catalysis
Copper / chemistry
Glycosides / chemistry*
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
Phenols / chemistry*
Titanium / chemistry*

Substances

Alkynes
Azides
Glycosides
Phenols
calix(4)arene
Calixarenes
titanium dioxide
Copper
Titanium