Anion Receptor Chemistry

TL;DR: A stiff-stilbenes-based bis-urea that resembles a molecular tweezer is fabricated, exhibiting reversible photoisomerization behaviors between (Z)-form and (E)-form, and has enormous potential for the application in optically controlled drug delivery, the regulation of anion transport across the cell membrane and advanced optical materials.

TL;DR: A series of fluorophore-containing squaramides were synthesized to investigate the fluorescent and colorimetric response to anions of squaramide containing large aromatic substituents as discussed by the authors .

TL;DR: In this article , a cleft-shaped bis-diarylurea receptor for chloride anion transport is reported, based on the foldameric nature of N,N′-diphenylurea upon its dimethylation.

TL;DR: Design of supramolecular chemosensor arrays and their applications to optical chips TLDR: Supramolecular chemosensor arrays are powerful tools for visualizing molecular recognition information and high-throughput sensing. The chapter describes the design and fabrication of chemosensor arrays based on molecular self-assemblies and paper-based platforms.

TL;DR: This review covers advances in anion complexation in the years 2011 and 2012 and highlights the applications to which anion receptors can be applied such as self-assembly and molecular architecture, sensing, catalysis and anion transport.

TL;DR: The synthesis and UV-vis and NMR spectroscopic studies of thiourea-based colorimetric sensors for anions are presented, showing that these sensors can recognize anions through hydrogen binding even in competitive pH-buffered aqueous solutions.

TL;DR: It is shown that two pyridine diamide-strapped calix[4]pyrroles induce coupled chloride anion and sodium cation transport in both liposomal models and cells, and promote cell death by increasing intracellular chloride and sodium ion concentrations.

TL;DR: A discovery is presented obtained during the creation of a C5-symmetric cyanostilbene 'campestarene' macrocycle, cyanostar, that employs Knoevenagel condensations in the preparation of its cyanostILbene repeat unit.