Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003-11-19

Individual solvent/solute interactions through social isomerism.

Alessandro Scarso, Alexander Shivanyuk, Julius Rebek

Index: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125(46) , 13981-3, (2003)

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Abstract

Reversible coencapsulation of a solute molecule and a single solvent molecule takes place in solution at ambient temperature. Two isomeric complexes are formed (social isomers), and their relative energies are assessed by NMR methods. Intermolecular interactions between 3 aromatic solutes and 15 common solvents are evaluated.