Anion complexation, transport and structural studies of a series of bis-methylurea compounds

DOI: 10.1039/C4DT02893G

Authors: Martina Olivari (Università degli Studi di Cagliari) , Riccardo Montis (Università degli Studi di Cagliari) , Louise E. Karagiannidis (University of Southampton) , Peter Horton (University of Southampton) , Lucy Mapp (University of Southampton) , Simon Coles (University of Southampton) , Mark Light (University of Southampton) , Philip A. Gale (University of Southampton) , Claudia Caltagirone (Università degli Studi di Cagliari)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Journal Paper
Journal: Dalton Transactions , VOL 44 (5) , PAGES 2138 - 2149

State: Published (Approved)
Published: December 2014
Diamond Proposal Number(s): 8521

Abstract: A new family of bis-methylureas (L1–L6) have been synthesised and their ability to bind anions both in solution and in the solid state and to transport them through lipid membrane have been studied. From the solid state studies it has emerged that various conformations can be adopted by the receptors allowing the isolation of complexes of different stoichiometries (from 1[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]1 to 1[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]3). The transport studies highlighted the possibility to use bis-methylureas to mediate Cl− transport across membranes.

Subject Areas: Chemistry


Instruments: I19-Small Molecule Single Crystal Diffraction

Added On: 25/03/2015 10:18

Discipline Tags:

Chemistry Organic Chemistry

Technical Tags:

Diffraction Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction (SXRD)