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Molbank 2010, M660 OPEN ACCESS molbank ISSN 1422-8599 /journal/molbank Short Note Aza-27-crown-9 Amino Acid Andreas Sp?th and Burkhard K?nig * Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Fax: +49-943-941-1717; E-Mail: Burkhard.Koenig@chemie.uni-regensburg.de. Received: 24 February 2010 / Accepted: 3 March 2010 / Published: 4 March 2010 Abstract: A luminescent aza-27-crown-9 ether amino acid was prepared by a three-step reaction sequence. The compound signals ammonium ion binding b