Application of functionalized calixarenes as recepto
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رضا زادمرد
1
(دانشیار، پژوهشکده علوم و فناوریهای نوین، پژوهشگاه شیمی و مهندسی شیمی ایران، تهران، ایران)
مهشید اسمعیل زاده رستمی
2
(دانشجوی دکترای شیمی آلی، گروه شیمی، واحد تهران جنوب، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران)
بنفشه گرجی
3
(استادیار، گروه شیمی کاربردی، واحد تهران جنوب، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران)
Keywords: Calixarene, Molecular recognition, Receptor,
Abstract :
Molecular recognition involves the association of molecular through non-covalent interactions such as vanderwaals force, hydrogen bounds, electrostatic interactions, and so on that often called host-guest interactions. Researchers are concerned about calixarenes with regards to having bowl-shaped molecules and their ability to performing molecular capsules. These capsules can be encapsulated biological guest molecules. In this review, examples of the organic-functionalized calixarenes on their upper or lower rims have been collected. In these reports, the functionalized calixarenes were used as ligand or receptor to recognize ions and biomacromolecules such as aminoacids, proteins, DNA, and NADH. The florescence spectroscopy method has been applied to study host-guest interactions due to its simplicity.