TY - JOUR
T1 - Fluorometric Recognition of Nucleotides within a Water-Soluble Tetrahedral Capsule
AU - Plajer, Alex J.
AU - Percástegui, Edmundo G.
AU - Santella, Marco
AU - Rizzuto, Felix J.
AU - Gan, Quan
AU - Laursen, Bo W.
AU - Nitschke, Jonathan R.
PY - 2019/3/22
Y1 - 2019/3/22
N2 - The design of aqueous probes and binders for complex, biologically relevant anions presents a key challenge in supramolecular chemistry. Herein, a tetrahedral assembly with cationic faces and corners is reported that is capable of discriminating between anionic and neutral guests in water. Electrostatic repulsion between subcomponents can be overcome by the addition of an anionic template, or generating a robust covalent framework by incorporating tris(2-aminoethyl)amine (TREN). The resultant TREN-capped, water-soluble, fluorescent cage binds mono- and poly-phosphoric esters, including nucleotides. Its covalent skeleton renders it stable at micromolar concentrations in water, enabling the fluorometric detection of biologically relevant guests in an aqueous environment. Selective supramolecular encapsulants, such as 1, could enable new sensing applications, such as recognition of toxins and drugs, under biological conditions.
AB - The design of aqueous probes and binders for complex, biologically relevant anions presents a key challenge in supramolecular chemistry. Herein, a tetrahedral assembly with cationic faces and corners is reported that is capable of discriminating between anionic and neutral guests in water. Electrostatic repulsion between subcomponents can be overcome by the addition of an anionic template, or generating a robust covalent framework by incorporating tris(2-aminoethyl)amine (TREN). The resultant TREN-capped, water-soluble, fluorescent cage binds mono- and poly-phosphoric esters, including nucleotides. Its covalent skeleton renders it stable at micromolar concentrations in water, enabling the fluorometric detection of biologically relevant guests in an aqueous environment. Selective supramolecular encapsulants, such as 1, could enable new sensing applications, such as recognition of toxins and drugs, under biological conditions.
U2 - 10.1002/anie.201814149
DO - 10.1002/anie.201814149
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30666756
SN - 1433-7851
VL - 58
SP - 4200
EP - 4204
JO - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
JF - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
IS - 13
ER -