“…The development of abiotic phosphate receptors is crucial for alternative robust, reproducible, and low-cost binders as efficient tools to target and detect biologically, chemically, and environmentally important phosphates. , Even though much effort has been devoted, the synthesis of specific binders for oxyanions particularly targeting phosphorylated and sulfated compounds is still demanding in the field of supramolecular chemistry. ,− To this end, highly selective and refined synthetic receptors capable of recognition of oxyanion guests have been developed based on neutral host functional monomers by the imprinting approach. ,,,,, Functional monomers are allowed to interact with a template followed by polymerization in the presence of a cross-linking agent. Subsequent removal of the template from the cross-linked polymer matrix leaves behind three-dimensional binding sites that are complementary in size, shape, and functionality, which allows an affinity for the template or a template substructure containing larger molecules.…”