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Selective membrane transport of amino acids by functionalised calix[4]arenes

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The selective active transport through liquid membrane assisted by the pH gradient of amino acid methylesters by using a series of calix[4]arenes substituted by acid and amido functions, glycolic chains, and hydroxyl groups as carriers has been performed. All these receptors have been found to act as carriers for transport of aromatic amino acid methylesters from the aqueous source phase to the aqueous receiving phase aiming at their separation. The receptors bearing diacid and tetraamido functions have the better ability to transport of amino acids than the other receptors studied. The influence of calixarene and amino acid structures upon transport through liquid membrane is discussed. The obtained results are correlated with those acquired by solvent extraction.

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  1. Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Bucharest, 4-12 Regina Elisabeta Blvd, 030018, Bucharest, Romania

    Lidia Kim, Ana Delia Stancu & Lucia Mutihac

  2. IPHC-UdS-ECPM-CNRS, 25, rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg, France

    Abdelwaheb Hamdi, Rachid Souane & Jacques Vicens

  3. Laboratoire d’Application de la Chimie aux Ressources et Substances Naturelles et à l’Environnement (LACReSNE), Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Bizerte, Tunisia

    Abdelwaheb Hamdi

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Kim, L., Hamdi, A., Stancu, A.D. et al. Selective membrane transport of amino acids by functionalised calix[4]arenes. J Incl Phenom Macrocycl Chem 66, 55–59 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10847-009-9622-x

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