title: A saccharide-based crystalline sponge for hydrophilic guests.
abstract: A coordination network composed of a mannose-based organic ligand and a sodium ion, 'sugar sponge', was synthesized for the crystalline sponge analysis of hydrophilic compounds. Owing to multiple hydrogen-bonding interactions, hydrophilic guests are firmly trapped in the 1-dimensional channel. The sugar sponge was utilized to analyze the structures of flexible alcohol and absolute configurations of chiral epoxides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. inokuma@appchem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp mfujita@appchem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Guo-Hong
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. inokuma@appchem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp mfujita@appchem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. inokuma@appchem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp mfujita@appchem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yasuhide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inokuma
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. inokuma@appchem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp mfujita@appchem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D000433:1-Propanol / Q000737:chemistry; D002414:Cations, Monovalent; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D004987:Ethers / Q000737:chemistry; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008362:Mannosides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012964:Sodium / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D002414:Cations, Monovalent; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D004987:Ethers; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008362:Mannosides; D000433:1-Propanol; D012964:Sodium; C011779:diisopropyl ether; C009068:propylene oxide