Synthesis of new optically active acridino-18-crown-6 ligands and studies of their potentiometric selectivity toward the enantiomers of protonated 1-phenylethylamine and metal ions
macrocycles made it possible to use them as potentiometric sensor molecules when incorporated into plasticized PVC membrane electrodes. Ligand (R,R)-3 showed appreciable enantioselectivity toward the enantiomers of 1-phenylethylammonium chloride while macrocycle (R,R)-4 exhibited a high selectivity toward the silver ion.