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The boronic acids in saccharide recognition

Main Author: James, Tony D.
Other Authors: Rowan, Stuart J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2006.
Edition:2nd rev. ed.
Subjects:
Saccharides.
Chemistry.
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781847557612
Table of Contents:
  • 1: Introduction
  • 2: The Molecular Recognition of Saccharides
  • 2.1: Molecular Recognition
  • 2.2: The Importance of Saccharides
  • 2.3: Non-Boronic Acid Appended Synthetic Sensors for Saccharides
  • 3: Complexation of Boronic Acids with Saccharides
  • 3.1: A Brief History
  • 3.2: Acidity and the O-B-O Bond Angle
  • 3.3: Complex Formation and Dependence on pH
  • 3.4: Binding Constants and the Influence of Lewis Bases
  • 4: Fluorescent Sensors
  • 4.1: The Application of Fluorescence in Sensing
  • 4.2: Photoexcitation and Subsequent Relaxation
  • 4.3: Excited State Internal Charge Transfer (ICT)
  • 4.4: Fluorescent Internal Charge Transfer (ICT) Sensory Systems
  • 4.5: Excited State Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET)
  • 4.6: Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) Sensory Systems
  • 4.7: Ditopic Sensors
  • 4.8: Other Fluorescent Sensors
  • 4.9: Amine - Boron (N-B) Interactions
  • 4.10: The Importance of Pyranose to Furanose Interconversion
  • 4.11: Summary
  • 5: Modular Fluorescent Sensors
  • 5.1: The Design Rationale
  • 5.2: Modular Systems
  • 5.3: Energy Transfer Systems
  • 5.4: Fluorophore Dependence in Modular Systems
  • 5.5: Other approaches
  • 5.6: Summary
  • 6: Other types of sensor
  • 6.1: Colorimetric sensors
  • 6.2: Electrochemical Sensors
  • 6.3: Assay Systems
  • 6.4: Polymer and Surface Bound Sensors
  • 6.5: Odds and Ends
  • 7: OTHER SYSTEMS FOR SACCHARIDE RECOGNITION
  • 7.1: Receptors at the Air-Water Interface
  • 7.2: Transport and Extraction
  • 7.3: CD Receptors
  • 7.4: Molecular Imprinting
  • 8: Conclusions
  • 9: Bibliography.

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