A new synthetic route to chloride selective [2]catenanes

Laura M Hancock; Lydia C Gilday; Nathan L Kilah; Christopher J Serpell; Paul D Beer

doi:10.1039/c0cc04683c

A new synthetic route to chloride selective [2]catenanes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Feb 14;47(6):1725-7. doi: 10.1039/c0cc04683c. Epub 2010 Dec 20.

Authors

Laura M Hancock¹, Lydia C Gilday, Nathan L Kilah, Christopher J Serpell, Paul D Beer

Affiliation

¹ Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK.

PMID: 21170457
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc04683c

Abstract

A novel anion templation route has been developed to synthesise two new catenanes, which are observed to selectively complex chloride in protic solvent media.