Combinatorial Coordination Chemistry

The use of anions as templating agents is discussed by Vilar. The chapter starts with a general overview of the area and a discussion of the applications of anion templates in organic and coordination chemistry. The second part of the chapter deals with examples where anions are employed as templates in dynamic combinatorial libraries. This approach promises to provide an efficient route for the synthesis of better and more selective anion receptors. The last chapter by Ewen and Steinke also deals with the use of anions as templates but in this case in the context of molecular imprinted polymers. The first half of the chapter provides an introduction into molecularly imprinted polymers and this is followed by a detailed discussion of examples where anionic species have been used to imprint this class of polymeric materials. 

Reetz, M. T. Combinatorial methods in catalysis by metal complexes. In Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry IP, McCleverty, J. A.,... 

Lanthanide coordination chemistry is still not completely understood, and many attempts are usually required to design specific Inminescent lanthanide complexes. As an alternative to rational design, a combinatorial approach shows promise for the development of specific luminescent lanthanide materials. Shinoda et al. built a combinatorial library to optimize luminescent lanthanide complexes structurally for the selective detection of amino acids. The lanthanide complex library included 196 combinations of 4 lanthanide centers, 7 pyridine ligands, and 7 amino acid substrates (Figure 16.16). The luminescence responses for amino acids depended on the nature of the ligand used. A series of Tb + complexes typically exhibited interesting luminescence responses. The TV+-picolinic acid complex and Tb -pyrazinecar-boxylic acid complex preferred zwitterionic Ala, Val, Phe, and Gin, whereas the Tb complex with dipicolinic acid favored anionic Gin and Asp. 

Karan, C. Miller, B. L. RNA-selective coordination complexes identified via dynamic combinatorial chemistry. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 7455-7456. 

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