Crystallographic and Solution Anion Binding Studies of Bis-amidofurans and Thiophenes

Abstract
A variety of furan and thiophene amide and thioamide cleft type anion receptors have been synthesised and crystallographically characterised. Unlike 2,5-diamidopyrrole anions, analogous 2,5-diamidofurans and thiophenes do not interlock in the solid state. The anion binding properties of these receptors have been investigated in DMSO/0.5% water solution using 1H NMR titration techniques. Solution studies and solid-state evidence suggests that the thiophene receptors may utilise a thiophene CH hydrogen atom for hydrogen bond formation to anions with a 2,4-diamidothiophene showing similar anion binding affinities to a 2,5-diamidopyrrole.

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