Fully reversible guest exchange in tetraphosphonate cavitand complexes probed by fluorescence spectroscopy

Elisa Biavardi, Gionata Battistini, Marco Montalti, Roger M. Yebeutchou, Luca Prodi, Enrico Dalcanale

Chemical Communications · 2008 · 65 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

We report here the monitoring of reversible guest inclusion in phosphonate cavitands through a large increase in luminescence intensity caused by the modulation of the exoergonicity of an electron-transfer reaction.

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