M. Ouchi et al., POLYTOPIC CATION RECEPTORS .4. RING-ENLARGED DIBENZO-CROWN-6 ETHERS -CATION-BINDING AND X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF DIBENZO-22-CROWN-6, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 66(8), 1993, pp. 2309-2314
The cation binding of dibenzo-20-crown-6 (2) and dibenzo-22-crown-6 (3
) are determined by quantitative solvent extraction study. Compound 3
shows high Tl+/K+ and Tl+/Rb+ selectivity. The crystal structure of 3
is reported. Crystal data: monoclinic (P2(1)/c), a=7.328(1), b=17.395(
4), c=8.939(1) angstrom, beta=102.78(1)degrees, Z=2, R=0.049 for 2122
reflections. The macrocycle shows a crystallographic center of symmetr
y with elliptical arrangement of the heteroatoms stabilized by possibl
e C-H...O dipolar attractions.