Confinement and step-wise reopening of channels in an artificial cell/inorganic capsule: a 7Li NMR study.
Confinement and step-wise reopening of channels in an artificial cell/inorganic capsule: a 7Li NMR study.
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10.1002/chem.200801122
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2008-10
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E. Haupt;Claudia Wontorra;D. Rehder;Alice Merca;A. Müller
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E. Haupt;Claudia Wontorra;D. Rehder;Alice Merca;A. Müller
In previous contributions we have demonstrated that the anionic porous molybdenum oxide based capsule(s) [Lin {(Mo)Mo5O21 ACHTUNGTRENNUNG(H2O)6}12ACHTUNGTRENNUNG{Mo V 2O4ACHTUNGTRENNUNG(SO4)}30] 72 n (1a ; n 5) of the compound [(CH3)2NH2]44Li28 n·1a· 250H2O (1; Figure 1) can be considered as models for cellular cation transport, in particular with respect to the exchange of lithium ions between the interior of the capsules and the surrounding solution. Additionally, we could show that appropriate cationic organic species, such as formamidinium cations (FA·H), can act as “corks”/guests; that is, they are able to close, in a supramolecular fashion, the pores exhibiting crown-ether function, and separate the interior from the exterior. From Li NMR spectra it has been deduced that separate signals can be observed for the various lithium species present. However, the characteristics of the internal lithium cations (Li confined in the cavity of the capsule) were only deduced indirectly, because Li ions are involved in exchange processes (Figure 1, bottom). Here, we present an NMR study that allows for a precise interpretation of the processes associated with the exchange and confinement of capsule associated lithium cations. In particular we show that stepwise re-opening of the pores (partial release of the formamidinium plugs) is possible by addition of defined amounts of water, an incident which models ligand-gated ion channels. A first indication of the differentiation between external and internal lithium cations arises from the study of the diffusion behaviour of the system as depicted by the Li NMR signals. If a solution of 1 (preparation according to reference [1]) in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and treated with FA·HCl is investigated in a Li DOSY experiment, a substantial difference in the diffusion coefficients of encapsulated lithium cations moving with the capsule (Li 1a) as compared to solvated Li ([LiACHTUNGTRENNUNG(dmso)nACHTUNGTRENNUNG(H2O)4 n] ) is to be expected. This is in fact observed (Figure 2). The Stokes (”hydrodynamic”) radius obtained for 1a from the diffusion coefficient (9.3?10 11 ms ) is 1.2 nm. Keeping in mind the ambiguities with the calibration of the diffusion experiments, the determined value is in reasonable agreement to r=1.5 nm obtained from the single-crystal X-ray structure analysis of 1. [a] Dr. E. T. K. Haupt, C. Wontorra, Prof. Dr. D. Rehder Department Chemie, UniversitFt Hamburg 20146 Hamburg (Germany) Fax: (+49)40428382893 E-mail : erhard.haupt@chemie.uni-hamburg.de rehder@chemie.uni-hamburg.de [b] Dr. A. Merca, Prof. Dr. A. MJller FakultFt fJr Chemie der UniversitFt Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld (Germany) Figure 1. Top: Schematic space-filling representation of the uptake and release of cations (counterion transport) through the pores of the highly charged anionic capsule 1a (Mo blue, O red). Bottom: View of two of the 20 pores of 1a (MoO6 octahedra of the pentagonal units blue and of the {Mo2} type linker groups red; for details see reference [1]). The disorder of the sulfates observed by X-ray crystallography (S yellow, O red) comes about by the (not directly observable) Li ions.