In many fields, ranging from environmental monitoring, industrial purposes to clinical diagnostics, selective recognition and sensing of anions are of great importance. Some of the anions are harmful while present in excess and some are even carcinogenic even while present in trace. Therefore, a significant effort has been recently given on designing selective receptors for anions. The topology of these receptors is important to understand their interactions with anions. Tripodal based amines contain functional group in each arm making them capable of encapsulating anions within their cavity.  In this study we have synthesized a new receptor functionalized with thiophene groups, and studied for anions with a variety of techniques. This poster will focus the details of binding studies of the new compound for halides and oxoanions.  Acknowledgement: This research was supported by the Minority Access to Research Careers/Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (MARC/U*STAR) Program (Grant No. 5T34GM007672-31).

Synthesis and anion binding studies of a new thiophene based tripodal amine for anions

245th National Meeting (2013)

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