Peripheral Charge Gating Enables Redox-Controlled Capture and Complete Release of Phosphate by a…

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Dynamic control of anion binding in competitive media remains a central challenge in supramolecular chemistry. Most responsive hosts alter the protonation, conformation, or donor properties of the binding site itself. Here we establish a peripheral charge gating as a distinct design principle in which a mild reaction remote from the coordination sphere switches guest affinity by changing the net charge of the receptor. The reduced complex EuIII-SH-HOPO binds phosphate with high affinity (log β12 = 8.8) and selectively over competing anions such as bicarbonate, sulfate, or nitrate. Oxidation to a mixed disulfide bearing a terminal sulfonate installs a single peripheral negative charge near the receptor without rearranging the Eu(III) receptor itself. This single negative charge is sufficient to release phosphate completely. Subsequent reduction regenerates the thiol receptor and restores its phosphate response. This reversible on/off cycle translates a peripheral covalent reaction into complete control over guest binding without altering the binding site of the receptor, establishing peripheral electrostatic modulation as a strategy for gating ion recognition.

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@article{martinon2026peripheral,
  title = {{Peripheral Charge Gating Enables Redox-Controlled Capture and Complete Release of Phosphate by a Europium(III) Complex in Water}},
  author = {Thibaut L. M. Martinon and Srikanth Dasari and Avisikta Sinha and Valérie C. Pierre},
  journal = {ACS Central Science},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  doi = {10.1021/acscentsci.6c01381},
  url = {https://pubs.acs.org/acscii/article/doi/10.1021/acscentsci.6c01381/5463457/Peripheral-Charge-Gating-Enables-Redox-Controlled},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Peripheral Charge Gating Enables Redox-Controlled Capture and Complete Release of Phosphate by a Europium(III) Complex in Water
AU  - Thibaut L. M. Martinon
AU  - Srikanth Dasari
AU  - Avisikta Sinha
AU  - Valérie C. Pierre
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/11/04
JO  - ACS Central Science
DO  - 10.1021/acscentsci.6c01381
UR  - https://pubs.acs.org/acscii/article/doi/10.1021/acscentsci.6c01381/5463457/Peripheral-Charge-Gating-Enables-Redox-Controlled
AB  - Dynamic control of anion binding in competitive media remains a central challenge in supramolecular chemistry. Most responsive hosts alter the protonation, conformation, or donor properties of the binding site itself. Here we establish a peripheral charge gating as a distinct design principle in which a mild reaction remote from the coordination sphere switches guest affinity by changing the net charge of the receptor. The reduced complex EuIII-SH-HOPO binds phosphate with high affinity (log β12 = 8.8) and selectively over competing anions such as bicarbonate, sulfate, or nitrate. Oxidation to a mixed disulfide bearing a terminal sulfonate installs a single peripheral negative charge near the receptor without rearranging the Eu(III) receptor itself. This single negative charge is sufficient to release phosphate completely. Subsequent reduction regenerates the thiol receptor and restores its phosphate response. This reversible on/off cycle translates a peripheral covalent reaction into complete control over guest binding without altering the binding site of the receptor, establishing peripheral electrostatic modulation as a strategy for gating ion recognition.
SN  - 2374-7943
SN  - 2374-7951
ER  -

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