title: Characterization of a saturated and flexible aliphatic polyol anion receptor.
abstract: Nature employs flexible molecules to bind anions in a variety of physiologically important processes whereas supramolecular chemists have been designing rigid substrates that minimize or eliminate intramolecular hydrogen bond interactions to carry out anion recognition. Herein, the association of a flexible polyhydroxy alkane with chloride ion is described and the bound receptor is characterized by infrared and photoelectron spectroscopy in the gas phase, computations, and its binding constant as a function of temperature in acetonitrile.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shokri
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Xue-Bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kass
mesh_terms: D000838:Anions / Q000737:chemistry; D002712:Chlorides / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D002712:Chlorides; D011108:Polymers; C024617:polyol