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Title: Solvent Acts as the Referee in a Match‐Up Between Charged and Preorganized Receptors

Journal Article · · Chemistry - A European Journal

Abstract The prevalence of anion‐cation contacts in biomolecular recognition under aqueous conditions suggests that ionic interactions should dominate the binding of anions in solvents across both high and low polarities. Investigations of this idea using titrations in low polarity solvents are impaired by interferences from ion pairing that prevent a clear picture of binding. To address this limitation and test the impact of ion‐ion interactions across multiple solvents, we quantified chloride binding to a cationic receptor after accounting for ion pairing. In these studies, we created a chelate receptor using aryl‐triazole CH donors and a quinolinium unit that directs its cationic methyl inside the binding pocket. In low‐polarity dichloromethane, the 1 : 1 complex (log K 1 : 1 ~ 7.3) is more stable than neutral chelates, but fortuitously comparable to a preorganized macrocycle (log K 1 : 1 ~ 6.9). Polar acetonitrile and DMSO diminish stabilities of the charged receptor (log K 1 : 1 ~ 3.7 and 1.9) but surprisingly 100‐fold more than the macrocycle. While both receptors lose stability by dielectric screening of electrostatic stability, the cationic receptor also pays additional costs of organization. Thus even though the charged receptor has stronger binding in apolar solvents, the uncharged receptor has more anion affinity in polar solvents.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
2228979
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2228980
Journal Information:
Chemistry - A European Journal, Journal Name: Chemistry - A European Journal Vol. 29 Journal Issue: 68; ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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