The fundamentals and applications of supramolecular chemistry.
- Anion recognition by triazolophanes
- Redox-generated anions for molecular switching
- Active molecular plasmonics utilizing molecular recognition
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Latest News: NSF-CAREER Award received for the Flood Group's work on anion-binding triazolophanes (Feb 2009)
Dec 2008: A Year in Review
Anion recognition by triazolophanes:
Papers
Dipole-Promoted and Size-Dependent Cooperativity between Pyridyl-Containing Triazolophanes and Halides Leads to Persistent Sandwich Complexes with Iodide
Li, Y.; Pink, M.; Karty, J. A.; Flood, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17293-17295. DOI
Strong, size-selective, and electronically-tunable C–H•••halide binding with steric control over aggregation from synthetically modular, shape-persistent [34]triazolophanes
Li, Y.; Flood, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 12111-12122. DOI
Pure CH hydrogen bonding to chloride ions: A pre-organized and rigid macrocyclic receptor
Li, Y.; Flood, A. H., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 2649-2652. DOI
Collaborations
Leonidas Bachas (University of Kentucky) on ion-selective electrodes
José Rivera (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras) on self-assemblies with guanosine tetrads
Alex Star (University of Pittsburgh) on anion detection using carbon nanotubes
Redox-generated anions for molecular switching:
Papers
Reduction of a redox-active ligand drives switching in a Cu(I) pseudorotaxane by a bimolecular mechanism
McNitt, K. A.; Parimal, K.; Share, A. I.; Fahrenbach, A. C.; Witlicki, E. H.; Pink, M.; Bediako, D. K.; Plaisier, C. L.; Le, N.; Heeringa, L. P.; Vander Griend, D. A.; Flood, A. H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 1305-1313. DOI
Collaborations
Douglas A. Vander Griend (Calvin College) on modeling binding constants