Molecular recognition at the air-water interface. Specific binding of nitrogen aromatics and amino acids by monolayers of long-chain derivatives of Kemp's acid

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00019a035

Long-chain derivatives of Kemp's acid formed stable monolayers at the air-water interface, where the carboxylic acid groups produced the cyclic dimer species and served as a molecular cleft for specific binding of nitrogen aromatics and amino acids. The s