Application of macrocyclic compounds in chemical analysis

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the physical organic aspects of crown-ether chemistry It discusses the thermodynamic and kinetic stabilities of crown-ether complexes and describes the chemical reactivity of the complexes The term macrocyclic polyether refers to cyclic compounds having at least one oxygen donor atom The unique ability of crown ethers to form stable complexes with various cations has been used to advantage in diverse processes, such as isotope separations, the transport of ions through artificial and natural membranes, and the construction of ion-selective electrodes Because of their lipophilic exterior, crown ether complexes are often soluble even in apolar solvents This property has been successfully exploited in liquid–liquid and solid–liquid phase-transfer reactions

Stability and reactivity of crown-ether complexes

The synthesis of macrocyclic lactones: Approaches to complex macrolide antibiotics

Synthesis of medio- and macrocyclic compounds by high dilution principle techniques

Affinity partitioning of human antibodies in aqueous two-phase systems

Synthesis of two novel cyclic polyether-ester compounds and some comparisons of their reactions with sodium(1+), potassium(1+), and barium(2+) ions with those of 18-crown-6 and valinomycin

Unusual stability characteristics in methanol of the complexes of a new pyridine-substituted cyclic polyether-ester compound with sodium(1+), potassium(1+), silver(1+), and barium(2+) ions - comparison with oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen analogs

The synthesis of macrocyclic polyether-diester compounds with a pyridine subcyclic unit

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R. E. Asay

Papers

Synthesis of two novel cyclic polyether-ester compounds and some comparisons of their reactions with sodium(1+), potassium(1+), and barium(2+) ions with those of 18-crown-6 and valinomycin

Unusual stability characteristics in methanol of the complexes of a new pyridine-substituted cyclic polyether-ester compound with sodium(1+), potassium(1+), silver(1+), and barium(2+) ions - comparison with oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen analogs

The synthesis of macrocyclic polyether-diester compounds with a pyridine subcyclic unit

The synthesis of novel macrocyclic multidentate compounds from dioxodioic acids