title: Pyrogallarenes as alkali metal receptors: the role of cation-pi interactions in complexation.
abstract: Crystallization studies of C-methyl pyrogallarene with potassium, rubidium and caesium bromides or chlorides resulted in a hydrogen bonded molecular cage in which the alkali metal cations are eta6 coordinated to aromatic rings via strong cation-pi interactions.
authors.affiliation: University of Jyväskylä, Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, P.O. Box 35, FIN-40014, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
authors.forename: Antti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahman
authors.forename: Maija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nissinen