Pasini D, Righetti PP, Rossi V. Malonate crown ethers as building blocks for novel D-pi-A chromophores.
Org Lett 2002;
4:23-6. [PMID:
11772081 DOI:
10.1021/ol016798o]
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Abstract
[reaction: see text] A series of new crown ethers, incorporating a malonate ester functionality, have been synthesized and derivatized with pi-electron rich aldehydes to give, conjugated, extended "push-pull" compounds. Their ability to bind Lewis acid-like metal cations, such as Mg(2+) and Eu(3+), has been characterized, and the relative stability constants are presented. When the metal cation is bound to the malonate moiety within the crown ether cavity, the D-pi-A character of the molecular structure is greatly enhanced.
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