title: Efficient promotion of phosphate diester cleavage by a face-to-face cyclodextrin dimer without metal.
abstract: An organic face-to-face cyclodextrin dimer promotes the cleavage of bis(4-nitrophenyl) phosphate efficiently in neutral pH without the addition of metal. Both of the phosphate diester bonds can be cleaved.
authors.affiliation: MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Gao-Feng
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Liang-Nian
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Zong-Wan
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D019281:Dimerization; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003505:Cyclodextrins; D009596:Nitrophenols; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; C008644:nitrophenylphosphate