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ArticleChemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2023

Anion-Dependent Hydrogen-Bond Polarity Switching in Ethylene-bridged Urea Oligomers.

David P Tilly, David T J Morris, Jonathan Clayden

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Article in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Anion-Dependent Hydrogen-Bond Polarity Switching in Ethylene-bridged Urea Oligomers.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

David P TillySchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4859-961X
David T J MorrisSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
Jonathan ClaydenSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5080-9535
University of Manchester · GBUniversity of Bristol · GB

Funding

European Research Council 883786
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The reversible coordination of anions to an N,N'-disubstituted 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenylurea located at a terminus of a linear chain of ethylene-bridged hydrogen-bonded ureas triggers a cascade of conformational changes. A series of hydrogen-bond polarity reversals propagates along the oligomer, leading to a global switch of its hydrogen-bond directionality. The induced polarity switch, transmitted through four reversible urea groups, results in a change in emission and excitation wavelengths of a fluorophore located at the opposite terminus of the oligomer. The molecule thus behaves as a chemical sensor with a relayed remote spectroscopic response to variations in anion concentration. The polarity switch induced by anion concentration constitutes an artificial communication mechanism for conveying information through oligomeric structures.

Indexed as

allosteryconformationdynamic foldamerhydrogen bondurea

Identifiers

PMID37589333
PMCPMC10946793
OpenAlexW4385898112

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