title: A chemical system that mimics decoding operations.
abstract: The chemical information stored in equilibrium mixtures of molecular species is larger than the sum of information carried by the individual molecules. Protonation equilibria in dilute dichloromethane solution of a shape-persistent macrocycle bearing two 2,2'-bipyridine units and two Coumarin 2 moieties (see figure) can be exploited to mimic decoding operations.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica G. Ciamician, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giansante
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ceroni
authors.forename: Margherita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venturi
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: A Dieter
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Schlüter