title: Synthesis of a new family of ionophores based on aluminum-dipyrrin complexes (ALDIPYs) and their strong recognition of alkaline earth ions.
abstract: Mononuclear and dinuclear aluminum-dipyrrin complexes (ALDIPYs) were synthesized as a new family of ionophores. They exhibited colorimetric and fluorometric responses to alkaline earth ions in an aqueous mixed solvent. The strong recognition was achieved via multipoint interactions with the oxygen atoms appropriately incorporated into the ligand framework.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences and Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TIMS), University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan. nabesima@chem.tsukuba.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saikawa
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences and Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TIMS), University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan. nabesima@chem.tsukuba.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Manami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daicho
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences and Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TIMS), University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan. nabesima@chem.tsukuba.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences and Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TIMS), University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan. nabesima@chem.tsukuba.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences and Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TIMS), University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan. nabesima@chem.tsukuba.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences and Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TIMS), University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan. nabesima@chem.tsukuba.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nabeshima
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000737:chemistry*; D003124:Colorimetry; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D007476:Ionophores / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands
chemical_list: D056831:Coordination Complexes; D007476:Ionophores; D007477:Ions; D008024:Ligands; D000535:Aluminum