Synthesis of new p-tert-butylcalix4arene-based polyammonium triazolyl amphiphiles and their binding with nucleoside phosphates

摘要

The synthesis of new calix[4]arenes adopting a cone stereoisomeric form bearing two or four azide fragments on the upper rim and water-soluble triazolyl amphiphilic receptors with two or four polyammonium headgroups via copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition reaction has been performed for the first time. It was found that the synthesized macrocycles form stable aggregates with hydrodynamic diameters between 150–200 nm and electrokinetic potentials about +40 to +60 mV in water solutions. Critical aggregation concentration (CAC) values were measured using a micelle method with pyrene and eosin Y as dye probes. The CAC values of tetraalkyl-substituted macrocycles >12a,>b (5 µM for both) are significantly lower than those for dialkyl-substituted macrocycles >10a,>b (790 and 160 µM, respectively). Premicellar aggregates of macrocycles >10a,>b and >12a,>b with the dye eosin Y were used for nucleotides sensing through a dye replacement procedure. It is unusual that disubstituted macrocycles >10a,>b bind more effectively a less charged adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) than adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP). A simple colorimetric method based on polydiacetylene vesicles decorated with >10b was elaborated for the naked-eye detection of ADP with a detection limit of 0.5 mM.