title: N,N'-disubstituted methylenediimidazolium salts: a versatile guest for various macrocycles.
abstract: N,N'-Disubstituted methylenediimidazolium salts allow the formation of flexible inclusion complexes with beta-cyclodextrin, cucurbit[7]uril, tetrapropoxycalix[4]arene, and dibenzo-24-crown-8 ether. Due to the salt nature of the imidazolium guest, the counterion largely determines its solubility in a given solvent. Moreover, by the judicious choice of the imidazolium substituents, inclusion complexes of guest salts were obtained with a variety of macrocyclic hosts, and the binding parameters of the inclusion were determined for each complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Nadim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Noujeim
authors.forename: Loïc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leclercq
authors.forename: Andreea R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Schmitzer
mesh_terms: D007093:Imidazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D012015:Reference Standards; D012492:Salts / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; D012492:Salts