a type of cyclic ether consisting of a ring of carbon and oxygen atoms, with two or more carbon atoms between each oxygen atom
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crown ether
Similar calculations have been carried out for crown ether metal complexes and dimethylamino crown ether metal complexes.
M. I. Bhanger, Shahabuddin Memon, D. Max Roundhill, Margarita Dunina-Barkovskaya,Mustafa YILMAZ 2007, 'Computational Evaluation of Methyl (N,N-Dimethylamino)phenyl Ether and Crown Etherfor Metal Selective Sensor Development', Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistryhttp://www.ceacsu.edu.pk/PDF%20file/Journal%20Vol%208%20No%201%20and%202/01-06-PJAEC.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Four benzothiazolium crown ether-containing styryl dyes were prepared through an optimized synthetic procedure.
Meglena I. Kandinska, Snejana M. Kitova, Vladimira S. Videva, Stanimir S. Stoyanov,Stanislava B. Yordanova, Stanislav B. Baluschev, Silvia E. Angelova, Aleksey A. Vasilev 2019, 'Precious metal-free molecular machines for solar thermal energy storage', Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistryhttps://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.15.106. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The interaction energies were used to evaluate the metal binding capability of the crown ether.
Yahmin Yahmin, Harno Dwi Pranowo, Ria Armunanto 2012, 'THEORETICAL STUDY ON 15-CROWN-5 COMPLEX WITH SOME METAL CATIONS', Indonesian Journal of Chemistryhttps://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/ijc/article/view/21353. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The calix[4]crown ether was found to assemble as a monolayer on the gold surface.
Kwangnak Koh, Jaebeom Lee, Yongmei Yin, Limin Gu, Hongxia Chen 2011, 'Molecular Recognition of Arginine by Supramolecular Complexation with Calixarene CrownEther Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/12/4/2315/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The solid supports were impregnated with crown ether due to their ability to build complexes with positives ions.
Andreea Gabor, Corneliu Mircea Davidescu, Adina Negrea, Mihaela Ciopec, Lavinia Lupa 2015, 'Behaviour of Silica and Florisil as Solid Supports in the Removal Process of As(V)from Aqueous Solutions', Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/562780. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We show that crown ether activity depends on their lipophilicity as well as on the linker to adamantane moiety.
Iva Guberović, Marko Marjanović, Marija Mioč, Katja Ester, Irena Martin-Kleiner, TatjanaŠumanovac Ramljak, Kata Mlinarić-Majerski, Marijeta Kralj 2018, 'Crown ethers reverse P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance in cancer cells',Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-32770-y. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)