Preferential binding of unsaturated hydrocarbons in aryl-bisimidazolium·cucurbit[8]uril complexes furbishes evidence for small-molecule π

Preferential binding of unsaturated hydrocarbons in aryl-bisimidazolium·cucurbit[8]uril complexes furbishes evidence for small-molecule π–π interactions

Published:2019 Issue:44 Volume:10 Page:10240-10246
ISSN:2041-6520
Container-title:Chemical Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Chem. Sci.

Author:

Barrow Steven J.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Assaf Khaleel I.⁶⁷⁸⁹^ORCID,Palma Aniello¹²³⁴⁵,Nau Werner M.⁶⁷⁸⁹^ORCID,Scherman Oren A.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis

2. Department of Chemistry

3. University of Cambridge

4. Cambridge

5. UK

6. Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry

7. Jacobs University Bremen

8. D-28759 Bremen

9. Germany

Abstract

Restricting the internal cavity size of cucurbit[8]uril with auxiliary guests sets up an intermolecular interaction chamber for hydrocarbons, which provides insights into dispersion, arene–hydrocarbon interactions, and desolvation effects.

Funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

H2020 European Research Council

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/SC/C9SC03282G

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