Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Mar 4;131(8):3069-77. doi: 10.1021/ja8100566.
A water-soluble triacetic acid cryptophane-A derivative (TAAC) was synthesized and determined by isothermal titration calorimetry and fluorescence quenching assay to have a xenon association constant of 33,000 M(-1) at 293 K, which is the largest value measured for any host molecule to date. Fluorescence lifetime measurements of TAAC in the presence of varying amounts of xenon indicated static quenching by the encapsulated xenon and the presence of a second non-xenon-binding conformer in solution. Acid-base titrations and aqueous NMR spectroscopy of TAAC and a previously synthesized tris(triazole propionic acid) cryptophane-A derivative (TTPC) showed how solvation of the carboxylate anions can affect the aqueous behavior of the large, nonpolar cryptophane. Specifically, whereas only the crown-crown conformer of TTPC was observed, a crown-saddle conformer of TAAC was also assigned in aqueous solution.
一种水溶性三乙酸 cryptophane-A 衍生物(TAAC)被合成,并通过等温热滴定法和荧光猝灭法测定,其在 293 K 时的 xenon 缔合常数为 33,000 M(-1),这是迄今为止测量到的任何主体分子的最大值。在不同 xenon 浓度下的 TAAC 的荧光寿命测量表明,被包裹的 xenon 发生静态猝灭,并且在溶液中存在第二种非 xenon 结合构象。TAAC 和先前合成的三(三唑丙酸) cryptophane-A 衍生物(TTPC)的酸碱滴定和水相 NMR 光谱表明,羧酸根阴离子的溶剂化如何影响大的非极性 cryptophane 的水相行为。具体而言,尽管仅观察到 TTPC 的冠-冠构象,但在水溶液中还分配到了 TAAC 的冠-鞍构象。