Table 1 Binding affinities of R-C[4]B towards selected analytes determined by fluorometric (FL) titrations, UV-Vis (UV) titrations, and/or ITC titrations in PBS buffer solution, and schematic illustration of thermodynamic parameters

From: Chiral macrocycles forming high-affinity host-guest homoternary complexes for chiral discrimination and amplified circularly polarized luminescence

Guests

K1 (M−1)a

K2 (M−1)b

K12 (M−2)

logα

Method

G1

(2.4 ± 0.9) × 106

(1.5 ± 0.9) × 103

3.6 × 109

–2.6

FL

G2

(6.3 ± 0.1) × 105

(3.5 ± 1.1) × 105

2.2 × 1011

0.35

ITC

G3

(4.2 ± 0.8) × 105

(5.7 ± 1.5) × 104

2.4 × 1010

–0.27

ITC

G4

(2.1 ± 0.1) × 106

(1.6 ± 0.6) × 105

3.4 × 1011

–0.52

ITC

G5

(2.1 ± 0.2) × 106

(2.9 ± 0.9) × 105

6.1 × 1011

–0.26

ITC

G6

(3.2 ± 2.5) × 106

(1.6 ± 0) × 106

5.1 × 1012

0.3

ITC

G7

(6.2 ± 1.3) × 106

(1.6 ± 0) × 107

9.9 × 1013

1.0

FL

 

(1.4 ± 0.2) × 107

(1.5 ± 0.5) × 106

2.1 × 1013

–0.37

ITC

G8

(2.7 ± 0.8) × 107

(6.8 ± 0.8) × 106

1.8 × 1014

0.0032

ITC

ThT

(9.3 ± 0.4) × 108

(3.0 ± 0.7) × 106

2.8 × 1015

–1.9

FL

 

(1.5 ± 0.7) × 109

(2.8 ± 0.8) × 106

4.2 × 1015

–2.1

UV

 

(5.4 ± 1.5) × 108

(2.4 ± 0.6) × 106

1.3 × 1015

–1.8

ITC

MB

(8.8 ± 1.4) × 109

(5.6 ± 0.8) × 106

4.9 × 1016

–2.6

UV

 

(2.1 ± 1.1) × 109

(5.0 ± 0.9) × 106

1.0 × 1016

–2.0

ITC

TO

(9.2 ± 1.6) × 109

(2.6 ± 0.6) × 108

2.4 × 1018

–0.95

FL

 

(3.4 ± 1.7) × 109

(4.9 ± 0.5) × 107

1.7 × 1017

–1.2

UV

 

(1.9 ± 0.1) × 109

(4.4 ± 2.1) × 107

8.4 × 1016

–1.0

ITC

Thermodynamic parameters[b]

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  1. aTypical errors were determined by repeating the titrations twice and are presented as mean ± sd.
  2. bThermodynamic parameters ∆H1, ∆H2, −TS1 and −TS2 obtained from ITC titrations for R-C[4]B with selected guests in 10 mM PBS buffer.