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High-affinity anion binding by steroidal squaramide receptors.

ABSTRACT: Exceptionally powerful anion receptors have been constructed by placing squaramide groups in axial positions on a steroidal framework. The steroid preorganizes the squaramide NH groups such that they can act cooperatively on a bound anion, while maintaining solubility in nonpolar media. The acidic NH groups confer higher affinities than previously-used ureas or thioureas. Binding constants exceeding 10(14) ?M(-1) have been measured for tetraethylammonium salts in chloroform by employing a variation of Cram's extraction procedure. The receptors have also been studied as transmembrane anion carriers in unilamellar vesicles. Unusually their activities do not correlate with anion affinities, thus suggesting an upper limit for binding strength in the design of anion carriers.

SUBMITTER: Edwards SJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4405043 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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High-affinity anion binding by steroidal squaramide receptors.

Edwards Sophie J SJ Valkenier Hennie H Busschaert Nathalie N Gale Philip A PA Davis Anthony P AP

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20150217 15

Exceptionally powerful anion receptors have been constructed by placing squaramide groups in axial positions on a steroidal framework. The steroid preorganizes the squaramide NH groups such that they can act cooperatively on a bound anion, while maintaining solubility in nonpolar media. The acidic NH groups confer higher affinities than previously-used ureas or thioureas. Binding constants exceeding 10(14) M(-1) have been measured for tetraethylammonium salts in chloroform by employing a variat ...[more]

PMID: 25690527

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