Dan‐Dan Su, Sébastien Ulrich, Mihail Barboiu

Bis‐Alkylureido Imidazole Artificial Water Channels

  • General Chemistry
  • Catalysis
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AbstractNature creates aquaporins to effectively transport water, rejecting all ions including protons. Aquaporins (AQPs) has brought inspiration for the development of Artificial Water Channels (AWCs). Imidazole‐quartet (I‐quartet) was the first AWC that enabled to self‐assemble a tubular backbone for rapid water and proton permeation with total ion rejection. Here, we report the discovery of bis‐alkylureido imidazole compounds, which outperform the I‐quartets by exhibiting ≈3 times higher net and single channel permeabilities (107 H2O/s/channel) and a ≈2–3 times lower proton conductance. The higher water conductance regime is associated to the high partition of more hydrophobic bis‐alkylureido channels in the membrane and to their pore sizes, experiencing larger fluctuations, leading to an increase in the number of water molecules in the channel, with decreasing H‐bonding connectivity. This new class of AWCs will open new pathways toward scalable membranes with enhanced water transport performances.

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