Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2011,7, 75–81, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.11
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Keywords: amino acids; dicarboxylate ion recognition; enantioselectivity; mesitylenescaffold; Introduction
The recognition and sensing of anionic substrates by positively charged or electrically neutral synthetic receptive molecular systems has emerged as a key research area because of the fundamental