Raymond C. Jagessar and Dennis H. Burns
Urea appended free-base porphyrins 2–4 bind strongly (K > 105 dm3 mol-1) to spherical Cl- in (CD3)2SO and exhibit significant binding selectivity since they complex with Cl- to a much greater extent (103–102:1) than with the trigonal NO3- and tetrahedral H2PO4- anions.