Anion cryptates: Synthesis, crystal structures, and complexation constants of fluoride and chloride inclusion complexes of polyammonium macrobicyclic ligands

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/hlca.19960790302

Three macrobicyclic octamines 1-3 and the macrotricyclic hexadecamine 14 have been synthesized. The octamines 1-3 bind anionic substrates when protonated. The stability constants of the complexes between the protonated forms of the macrobicyclic polyamine