Substituent effects on aromatic stacking interactions

SL Cockroft, J Perkins, C Zonta, H Adams…

Index: Cockroft, Scott L.; Perkins, Julie; Zonta, Cristiano; Adams, Harry; Spey, Sharon E.; Low, Caroline M. R.; Vinter, Jeremy G.; Lawson, Kevin R.; Urch, Christopher J.; Hunter, Christopher A. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2007 , vol. 5, # 7 p. 1062 - 1080

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Abstract

Synthetic supramolecular zipper complexes have been used to quantify substituent effects on the free energies of aromatic stacking interactions. The conformational properties of the complexes have been characterised using NMR spectroscopy in CDCl3, and by comparison with the solid state structures of model compounds. The structural similarity of the complexes makes it possible to apply the double mutant cycle method to evaluate the magnitudes of ...