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SUBMITTER: You L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3506383 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
You Lei L Long S Reid SR Lynch Vincent M VM Anslyn Eric V EV
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20110823 39
A simple approach to generating in situ metal-templated tris-(2-picolyl)amine-like multicomponent assemblies with potential applications in molecular recognition and sensing is reported. The assembly is based on the reversible covalent association between di-(2-picolyl)amine and aldehydes. Zinc ion is best for inducing assembly among the metal salts investigated, whereas 2-picolinaldehyde is the best among the heterocyclic aldehydes studied. Although an equilibrium constant of 6.6×10(3) M(-1) wa ...[more]