Crown ethers are a class of cyclic compounds that have the ability to selectively bind cations, making them important in coordination chemistry. Their unique structure allows them to form stable ...

Although crown ethers can selectively bind many metal cations, little is known regarding the solution properties of crown ether complexes of the uranyl dication, UO22+. Here, the synthesis and ...

Our easily synthesized alkali metal amino acid salts or phenolates were coordinated with crown ethers, in which highly sterically hindered cations were obtained through a strong coordination effect of ...