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Molecular-recognition Properties of a Water-Soluble cucurbit[6]uril Analogue

Molecular-recognition Properties of a Water-Soluble cucurbit[6]uril Analogue

Jason Lagona, Brian D Wagner, Lyle Isaacs

J Org Chem. 2006 Feb 3;71(3):1181-90.

PMID: 16438536

Abstract:

The molecular-recognition properties of the cucurbit[6]uril analogue (1) in aqueous buffer (sodium acetate, 50 mM, pH 4.74, 25 degrees C) toward a variety of guests including alkanediamines (6-12), aromatics (14-32), amino acids (33-36), and nucleobases (37-42) were studied by fluorescence spectroscopy. For the alkanediamines studied (H2N(CH)nNH2, n = 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), the association constants increase as the length of the alkane (n) is increased. Host 1 is capable of forming strong complexes with guests containing aromatic rings with association constants (Ka) ranging from 10(2) to 10(6) M(-1) as a result of the favorable pi-pi interactions that occur between host 1 and the aromatic rings of the guest when bound in the cavity of 1. Biologically relevant guests such as amino acids and nucleobases are also bound in the cavity of 1 with Ka values ranging from 10(3) to 10(6) M(-1). Consequently, cucurbit[6]uril analogue 1 functions as a versatile fluorescent sensor for the presence of a wide range of chemically and biologically important substances in aqueous solution including nitroaromatics, neurotransmitters, amino acids, and nucleobases.

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