Encapsulation of guests within a gated molecular basket: thermodynamics and selectivity.
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.
Wang
Bao-Yu
BY
Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
Bao
Xiaoguang
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Stojanović
Sandra
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Hadad
Christopher M
CM
Badjić
Jovica D
JD