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Synthesis of metal ion-specific bindings of new functionalized aza-crown ethers

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The high-pressure SNAr reaction was first applied to the synthesis of new functionalized diaza-crown ethers, which are directly connected to various heteroaromatic substituents as cation binding sites. The yields of the reaction were moderate to excellent (51% to quantitative). In a CH2Cl2 liquid membrane cation-transport experiment, diaza-crown ethers having 2′-thiazoyl-, 2′-benzoxazoyl-, 2′-pyrazinyl-, and 6′-pyridazinyl groups exhibited almost perfect Ag + ion selectivity. Cation extraction and 13C-NMR titration experiments revealed that attachment of heteroaromatics to the diaza-crown ring, if in the proper position, provides excellent Ag+ ion specificity. Since the binding and transport selectivity of these crown ethers were higher than those of the known crowns, the high-pressure technique proved a useful method for synthesis odf a new type of specific crown ethers. Single crystals of the complexes of diaza-crown ethers with silver trifluoromethanesulfonate (AgO3SCF3): AgTf and the corresponding metal-free diaza-crown compounds were successfully prepared. The short Ag+…Ag+ distances (2.790 and 2.969 Å) in the Ag complexes were confirmed for these Ag complexes by X-ray crystallography.

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