Abstract
Bis(crown ether) bolaamphiphiles derived from 18-crown-6 dicarboxylic acid were prepared, and their ability to release vesicle encapsulated 5[6]-carboxyfluorescein was determined. Bolaamphiphiles with a linear central spacer are poor membrane disrupting agents except in the presence of alkaline earth metal cations or ethylenediammonium cation. Divalent ion enhancement of membrane disruption is cation selective and can be used to determine the apparent association constant of the bolaamphiphile crown ether with the added cation. The cis-isomer of a thioindigo bis(crown ether) bolaamphiphile is an active membrane disrupting agent, but the trans-isomer is significantly less active. In homogeneous solution, cis-to-trans thermal and photochemical isomerization is retarded by added alkaline earth metal salts, indicating that cooperative ditopic binding of the cations occurs despite the inherent flexibility of the bolaamphiphile. The membrane disruption mechanism occurs via U-shaped conformations of the bolaamph...
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