Bis-monensin: Synthesis of new chiral receptor from naturally occurring monensin ionophore

✍ Scribed by Hiroshi Tsukube; Hajime Sohmiya

• Book ID: 104228527
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 267 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)97234-4

✦ Synopsis

Bis-monensin derivatives were synthesized and characterized for the first time as chiral receptor molecules. Among them, o-xylene-bridged bis-monensin exhibited particularly excellent chiral recognition ability by the inclusion of chiral ammonium guest cations in its central cavity.