title: Encapsulated sulfates: insight to binding propensities.
abstract: Two crystal structures of sulfate inclusion complexes in an aza- and amido-cryptand represent the first examples of encapsulated sulfate in synthetic cryptand receptors and indicate penta- and octa-coordination, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA.
authors.forename: Sung Ok
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Md Alamgir
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bowman-James
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry*; D001372:Aza Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D001665:Binding Sites; D043844:Crown Ethers / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013431:Sulfates / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D001372:Aza Compounds; D043844:Crown Ethers; D013431:Sulfates