Macrobicyclic cryptate synthesis

Dietrich, B., Dilworth, B., Lehn, J.-M., etal, Anion cryptates Synthesis, crystal structures, and complexation constants of fluoride and chloride inclusion complexes of polyammonium macrobicyclic ligands. Helv. Chim. Acta 1996, 79, 569-587. 

Lehn, J.-M. Pine, S. H. Watanabe, E. I. Willard, A. K. Binuclear cryptates. Synthesis and binuclear cation inclusion complexes of bis-tren macrobicyclic ligands, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1977, 99, 6766-6768. 

Polyaza macrobicyclic cryptands synthesis, crystal structures of a cyclophane type macrobicyclic cryptand and of its dinuclear copper(I) cryptate, and anion binding features, J. Jazwinski, J.-M. Lehn, D. Lilienbaum, R. Ziessel, J. Guilhem and... 

The cryptands were first prepared in 1969 and form a series of well-defined complexes (cryptates) with alkali and alkaline-earth cations. In this chapter the synthesis of the first cryptand, 8, a macrobicyclic ligand, will be described1,2. The schematic representation (Fig. 5.1) shows that one deals with a multi-step synthesis. The major drawback of this approach is the rather large number of synthetic steps, but the route offers the advantage of being able to construct unsymmetrical compounds (A B C). 

Synthesis, crystal structure of a cyclophane type macrobicyclic cryptand and of its dinuclear copper(I) cryptate,... 

The practical and effective synthesis of photoactive lanthanide cryptates (1), capable of effective light conversion, has found application in the design of novel fluorescent immunoassay systems. The macrobicyclic bipyridyl cryptands prevent the normal solvation quenching of these cations. Remarkably effective DNA cleavage was accomplished using intercalators (2) based on 2,7-diazapyrenium cations. 

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