Chemistry Letters, Vol.40, No.2, 134-135, 2011
Synthesis of Cyclophane Dimer Using Cyclophane-tethered Fmoc-amino Acid Derivatives as a Multivalent Host
Water-soluble cyclophane dimer was synthesized by Fmoc-chemistry of cyclophane-tethered Fmoc-lysine derivative, as a multivalent host. The host showed enhanced guest binding affinity relative to that by monocyclic cyclophane, as confirmed by fluorescence spectroscopy as well as surface plasmon resonance measurements.