Reinvestigation of calixarene-based artificial-signaling acetylcholine receptors useful in neutral aqueous (water/methanol) solution

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Koh, KN [1 ]
Araki, K [1 ]
Ikeda, A [1 ]
Otsuka, H [1 ]
Shinkai, S [1 ]
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[1] KYUSHU UNIV,FAC MED,DEPT CHEM SCI & TECHNOL,FUKUOKA 812,JAPAN
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10.1021/ja951488k
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O6 [化学];
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It was shown that an artificial acetylcholine (neurotransmitter) detection system using resorcin[4]arene (1: Inouye et al. J. Am. Chem. Sec. 1994, 116, 5517) has substantial problems: both acetylcholine and a fluorescent receptor molecule decompose in 0.01 M KOH/MeOH solution. In their system the strong alkaline medium was necessitated to dissociate OH groups in 1 and to enhance the fluorescence quenching ability. To solve this problem we exploited a new artificial acetylcholine detection system using water-soluble calix[n]arene-p-sulfonates which are useful even in aqueous (water/methanol) neutral solution. This achievement is due to several outstanding properties of these calix[n]arenes such as low pK(a) values, cation-x interactions, high water-solubility, etc.
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