Hydrazide macrocycles as effective transmembrane channels for ammonium

Pengyang Xin, Liang Zhang, Pei Su, Jun Li Hou, Zhan Ting Li

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Abstract

Three shape-persistent aromatic hydrazide macrocycles that bear phenylalanine tripeptide chains have been synthesized. These macrocycles can insert into lipid bilayers to form single-molecular ion channels which exhibit a high NH4+/K+ selectivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4819-4822
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume51
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Mar 2015
Externally publishedYes

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