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A pH-Switchable Triple Hydrogen-Bonding Motif.

ABSTRACT: A stimuli responsive linear hydrogen bonding motif, capable of in?situ protonation and deprotonation, has been investigated. The interactions of the responsive hydrogen bonding motif with complementary partners were examined through a series of 1H NMR experiments, revealing that the recognition preference of the responsive hydrogen bonding motif in a mixture can be switched between two states.

SUBMITTER: Coubrough HM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6948117 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A pH-Switchable Triple Hydrogen-Bonding Motif.

Coubrough Heather M HM Balonova Barbora B Pask Christopher M CM Blight Barry A BA Wilson Andrew J AJ

ChemistryOpen 20200108 1

A stimuli responsive linear hydrogen bonding motif, capable of <i>in situ</i> protonation and deprotonation, has been investigated. The interactions of the responsive hydrogen bonding motif with complementary partners were examined through a series of <sup>1</sup>H NMR experiments, revealing that the recognition preference of the responsive hydrogen bonding motif in a mixture can be switched between two states. ...[more]

PMID: 31921544

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