title: Ionic liquids as novel guests for cucurbit[6]uril in neutral water.
abstract: Cucurbit[6]uril was dissolved through encapsulation of an imidazolium-based ionic liquid guest in a pure water environment and the dissolution ability could be tuned by augmenting the imidazolium structure.
authors.affiliation: Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Oren A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Scherman
mesh_terms: D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; D000099246:Cucurbit(n)urils
chemical_list: D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds; D007093:Imidazoles; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D014867:Water; C454805:cucurbit(6)uril; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; D000099246:Cucurbit(n)urils