title: Directed assembly of chiral oxidovanadium(V) methoxides into C4-symmetric metal(I) vanadate-centered quadruplexes: synergistic K+- and Ag+-specific transport.
abstract: A directed assembly process to form C4-symmetric, vanadate-centered quadruplexes, for the first time, from a given chiral oxidovanadium(V) complex allows for highly efficient K+- and Ag+-specific transport from aqueous phase containing three other alkali metal cations into organic solvents, reminiscent of the K+ specific transport exerted by four homochiral glycine residues of the opening site in KcsA membrane protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC 11650. chefv043@ntnu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Chien-Tien
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ya-Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Ting-Shen
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kuo
mesh_terms: D002414:Cations, Monovalent / Q000737:chemistry; D002586:Cesium / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D000432:Methanol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011188:Potassium / Q000737:chemistry*; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014638:Vanadates / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002414:Cations, Monovalent; D002586:Cesium; D012834:Silver; D014638:Vanadates; D011188:Potassium; D000432:Methanol