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SUBMITTER: Escobar L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6149442 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20180807 36
We describe the synthesis of a tetrapyridinium phenyl extended calix[4]pyrrole that is soluble in neutral water solution at mM concentrations. We show that, in pure water, the synthesized calix[4]pyrrole receptor selectively binds the <i>cis</i>-(<i>E</i>) conformers of secondary <i>N</i>-phenyl-amides and tertiary <i>N</i>-methyl-<i>N</i>-phenyl-formamide with binding affinities larger than 10<sup>3</sup> M<sup>-1</sup>. The conformational selectivity is remarkable owing to the energetic prefer ...[more]