Synthesis and characterisation of new ditopic receptors for guanosine

Novel ditopic receptors for guanosine have been prepared and characterised. Their association constants with a lipophilic guanosine derivative are somewhat smaller than the expected values for a guanosine-cytidine base pair, but remain in a useful range for building supramolecular structures. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.