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The podand tetraether 1b has been prepared from (+)-diethyl tartrate. This ionophore is expected to have only one significantly populated conformation. It binds a variety of chiral organic ammonium cations with enantioselectivities corresponding to 34–42% ee.
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Iimori et al. (1989) studied this question.
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