Sourav Chakraborty, Ranjan Dutta and Pradyut Ghosh
Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 14793-14796
DOI:
10.1039/C5CC05495H,
Communication
A new benzene platform based tripodal halogen bond (XB) donor receptor, 1a, has shown selectivity towards bromide over chloride and other interfering anions. Importantly, bromide selectivity of 1a has been utilized towards the selective removal of bromide (complex 1) from a mixture of interfering anions via a competitive crystallization process.