Metal salen complexes incorporating triphenoxymethanes: efficient, size selective anion binding by phenolic donors with a visual report.
A metal salen complex has been designed to orientate four phenol groups into a tetrahedral array that tightly binds fluoride ion though four OH...F hydrogen bonding interactions.
Department of Chemistry and Center for Catalysis, University of Florida, P.O. Box 117200, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Eric R
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Libra
Michael J
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Scott