title: Incarceration of one or two phosphate or arsenate species within nanojars, capped nanojars and nanohelicages: helical chirality from two closely-spaced, head-to-head PO4(3-) or AsO4(3-) ions.
abstract: Unprecedentedly strong binding of HXO4(2-) and XO4(3-) ions (X = P or As) within self-assembled nanohosts with protein-like anion binding cavities is reported. One of the nanohosts binds two XO4(3-) ions at an unusually short distance, resulting in helical chirality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. gellert.mezei@wmich.edu.
authors.forename: Gellert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mezei
mesh_terms: D001149:Arsenates / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001149:Arsenates; D010710:Phosphates