title: Encapsulation of guests within a gated molecular basket: thermodynamics and selectivity.
abstract: Molecular basket 1 has been designed to contain a set of aromatic gates, each with rotational mobility restricted via intramolecular hydrogen bonding. This structural, yet dynamic, feature of the host has been revealed to permit the formation of a transient enclosed space capable of containing haloalkanes, whose size/shape, electronic and entropic attributes contributed to the thermodynamics of binding. Markedly, the basket is capable of mediating the trafficking of a broad range of molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Bao-Yu
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaoguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stojanović
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hadad
authors.forename: Jovica D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Badjić