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.
Libra
Eric R
ER
Department of Chemistry and Center for Catalysis, University of Florida, P.O. Box 117200, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Scott
Michael J
MJ