186139-70-8Relevant articles and documents
Metal cation binding to acetylenic tetrathiafulvalene–pyridine conjugates: affinity tuned by preorganization and cavity size
Broman, S?ren Lindb?k,Andersen, Cecilie Lindholm,Jevric, Martyn,Tortzen, Christian Gregers,Hammerich, Ole,Nielsen, Mogens Br?ndsted
, p. 5831 - 5842 (2016)
A series of three structurally related mono-, bidentate and macrocyclic TTF-pyridine hosts were prepared and titrated with several metal cations including Ag+and Pb2+and studied using NMR- and UV–vis spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. For Ag+, we found an eightfold increase in binding affinity between the bidentate and macrocyclic host and conversely, for Pb2+, a 100-fold drop. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations support the increased binding affinity for Ag+is due to an N?N distance for the uncomplexed macrocycle very much suited for binding of Ag+but being too small for Pb2+. The bidentate host, on the other hand, is of a suitable size for Pb2+.