• Vladimir V. Shilovskikh
  • Alexandra A. Timralieva
  • Pavel V. Nesterov
  • Alexander S. Novikov
  • Petr A. Sitnikov
  • Elizaveta A. Konstantinova
  • Alexander I. Kokorin
  • Ekaterina V. Skorb

In the last two decades, a large number of self-assembled materials were synthesized and they have already found their way into large-scale industry and science. Hydrogen-bond-based supramolecular adducts are found to have unique properties and to be perfect host structures for trapping target molecules or ions. Such chemical systems are believed to resemble living matter and can substitute a living cell in a number of cases. Herein, a report on an organic material based on supramolecular assembly of barbituric acid and melamine is presented. Surprisingly, the structure is found to host and stabilize radicals under mild conditions allowing its use for biological applications. The number of free radicals is found to be easily tuned by changing the pH of the environment and it increases when exposed to light up to a saturation level. We describe a preparation method as well as stability properties of melamine–barbiturate self-assembly, potentiometric titration, and hydrogen ions adsorption data and EPR spectra concerning the composite.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)16603-16610
Number of pages8
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume26
Issue number70
Early online date7 Aug 2020
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Dec 2020

    Research areas

  • electron paramagnetic resonance, hydrogen bonds, radical trap, self-assembly, supramolecular chemistry, OXYGEN, NONCOVALENT SYNTHESIS, SPIN TRAPS, SURFACE

    Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Organic Chemistry

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