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Chemical Communications

Reinforcement of guest selectivity through the self-assembly of host molecules: selective recognition of lithium ions by dimerizable tricarboxylic acids†

Shoichi Minodani,‡a   Masaki Owaki,‡a   Shuhei Sano,a   Seiji Tsuzukib  and  Masamichi Yamanaka*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
E-mail: Yamanaka.masamichi@shizuoka.ac.jp
Fax: +81 54 237 3384
Tel: +81 54 238 4936

b Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan

Abstract

C 3-Symmetric tricarboxylic acids form dimers through intermolecular hydrogen bonds in nonpolar organic solvents. These dimers recognize lithium ions with high selectivities through the formation of 1 : 1 host–guest complexes between the collapsed dimeric assemblies and guest molecules.

Graphical abstract: Reinforcement of guest selectivity through the self-assembly of host molecules: selective recognition of lithium ions by dimerizable tricarboxylic acids

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC05227K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jun 2015
Accepted
07 Jul 2015
First published
08 Jul 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 12920-12923

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Reinforcement of guest selectivity through the self-assembly of host molecules: selective recognition of lithium ions by dimerizable tricarboxylic acids

S. Minodani, M. Owaki, S. Sano, S. Tsuzuki and M. Yamanaka, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 12920 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC05227K

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