title: Rapid screening of a receptor with molecular memory.
abstract: [reaction: see text] Atropisomeric receptor 1 can change conformation and maintain the new conformation when heated and cooled in the presence of a guest molecule. This molecular memory can be used as a rapid method of screening potential guests. Heating atropisomeric diacid 1 with various hydrogen-bonding guests leads to a shift in the syn/anti ratio that could be easily monitored as it is stable at room temperature even in the absence of the guest molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Judith M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lavin
authors.forename: Ken D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Shimizu