A scries of new ligands having convergent dicarboxylic acid functions, based-upon Rebek's cleft-type ionophore, have been prepared and their ion binding properties were investigated by the competitive extraction and transport experiments The main purp...
A scries of new ligands having convergent dicarboxylic acid functions, based-upon Rebek's cleft-type ionophore, have been prepared and their ion binding properties were investigated by the competitive extraction and transport experiments The main purpose of the modification was to increase the lipophilicity of the Rebek's ionophore, which was attempted by utilizing propyl analog of Kemp's triacid or by changing the bridging unit lonophores 5 and 6 were found to have a pronounced ion-binding progerty toward Ca^2+ ion. The selectivity in competivity in competitive transport of ionophore 5 for Ca^2+ over Mg^2+ and Sr^2+ is 29 8 and 99.3, and that of ionophore 6 is 10.0 and 23.2, respectively.