Indole as a scaffold for anion recognition.
Indole has an acidic N-H that can be used to form hydrogen bonds to anions and in this paper the synthesis of three new suitably functionalised indole based anion receptors is presented along with their evaluation using (1)H NMR titration techniques.
Pfeffer
Frederick M
FM
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia. thefef@deakin.edu.au
Lim
Kieren F
KF
Sedgwick
Kathryn J
KJ