Multivalent bridges

The binding of multivalent counterions decreases the repulsion and causes attraction between polyions. This attraction is the result of the fluctuation of the counterion distribution and is equivalent to a multivalent counterion bridge between polyions. 

Ion binding by reduction of repulsive forces also causes the attractive forces between polyions to increase, and the cement paste thickens. This interaction between polyions may be regarded as a kind of bridge formed by multivalent ions located between the polyions. At this stage the cement paste has the characteristic of a lyophilic sol - high viscosity. 

Z. Zhang, J. C. Pickens, W. G. J. Hoi, and E. Fan, Solution- and solid-phase syntheses of guanidine-bridged, water-soluble linkers for multivalent ligand design, Org. Lett., 6 (2004) 1377-1380. 

A similar type of biotin-dendritic multimer also was used to boost sensitivity in DNA microarray detection by 100-fold over that obtainable using traditional avidin-biotin reagent systems (Stears, 2000 Striebel et al., 2004). With this system, a polyvalent biotin dendrimer is able to bind many labeled avidin or streptavidin molecules, which may carry enzymes or fluorescent probes for assay detection. In addition, if the biotinylated dendrimer and the streptavidin detection agent is added at the same time, then at the site of a captured analyte, the biotin-dendrimer conjugates can form huge multi-dendrimer complexes wherein avidin or streptavidin detection reagents bridge between more than one dendrimer. Thus, the use of multivalent biotin-dendrimers can become universal enhancers of DNA hybridization assays or immunoassay procedures. 

The synthesis of multivalent neoglycoconjugates by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides and alkynes has been reported (493). The nitrile oxides have been generated in situ in the presence of alkynyl derivatives, allowing the access to homo and hetero multivalent systems containig O- and C-linked glycosides and isoxazole bridges. 

Inserted L-rhamnopyranosyl units may provide the necessary irregularities (kinks) in the structure required to limit the size of the junction zones and produce a gel. The presence of side chains composed of D-xylosyl units may also be a factor that limits the extent of chain association. Junction zones are formed between regular, unbranched pectin chains when the negative charges on the carboxylate groups are removed (addition of acid), hydration of the molecules is reduced (addition of a cosolute to a solution of HM pectin), and/or pectinic acid polymer chains are bridged by multivalent, eg, calcium, cations. 

Surface area Molecular weight Specific cations (bridging, bi- or multivalent)... 

More recently, a spirobenzopyran dimer bridged by a diaza-18-crown-6 moiety through the 8-position (67) was developed by Kimura and co-workers.119 121 Crowned bis(spirobenzopyran) 67 shows a similar coloration selectivity to that of 63. Complexation of multivalent metals, especially Ca2+ and La3, by 67 enhanced the isomerization of the spirobenzopyran moiety to the corresponding merocyanine form due to an effective intramolecular interaction between a crown-complexed cation and the two phenolate anions in the cation complexes of the merocyanine form. 

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