Abstract A self-assembled cylindrical capsule provides a nanoscale environment that affects the rotational barriers of tertiary amides. Measurements of the activation energies for the rotations and behaviors of the amides inside the capsule were determined by using 1 H NMR spectroscopic methods in deuterated mesitylene solution. For amides 3–8, rotation rates can decrease or increase in the capsule by up to an order of magnitude from those ...
[Dang, Tuan T.; Zhu, Yinghuai; Ghosh, Subhash C.; Chen, Anqi; Chai, Christina L. L.; Seayad, Abdul M. Chemical Communications, 2012 , vol. 48, # 12 p. 1805 - 1807]