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Synfacts 2010(9): 1003-1003  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257924
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ˙ New York

A Cation Sensor: All Saddled Up

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Joel Batson
M. Shao, P. Dongare, L. N. Dawe, D. W. Thompson, Y. Zhao*
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
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23. August 2010 (online)

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Significance

Anthraquinodimethane-type extended tetrathiafulvalenes (TTFAQs) are known for having a rigid, non-planar, saddle-like structure in the neutral state. Here the authors demonstrate the ability of this class of extended tetrathiafulvalenes to act as selective metal cation sensors, in particular Ba²+.