Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 9, p. 963-965
DOI: 10.1039/b614172b
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The combination of squaramide units with tetraalkylammonium groups leads two hosts that bind distinctively dianions in water-ethanol mixtures. The formation of complexes of 2:1 stoichiometry with host was supported by ITC, fluorescence, and (1)H NMR data.