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SUBMITTER: Zuo W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6385852 | biostudies-other | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chemical science 20181227 8
Two tripodal hexa-urea receptors functionalized with aromatic terminal groups are capable of binding choline phosphate (CP). Crystal structures of the host-guest complexes reveal that the zwitterion CP is efficiently encapsulated in the tripodal hosts in a dual-site binding mode. The phosphate tail of CP is coordinated by the urea groups and the quaternary ammonium head is bound in a 'composite aromatic box' through cation-π and hydrogen-bonding interactions. Such a partial aromatic binding envi ...[more]