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Synfacts 2008(1): 0041-0041  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-992403
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Synthetic Disaccharide Receptor

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jeewoo Lim
Y. Ferrand, M. P. Crump, A. P. Davis*
University of Bristol, UK
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Publication Date:
18 December 2007 (online)

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Significance

Molecular recognition of sugars, especially in an aqueous environment, is extremely challenging due to the difficulty of distinguishing saccharides with water molecules. The authors report a carefully designed macromolecular system, D, which could achieve exactly that.