title: Terphenyl crowns: a new family of receptors containing ethereal canopies that direct potassium cation onto benzenoid platforms for cation-pi interactions.
abstract: We have synthesized three simple and versatile terphenyl crowns (TC) receptors containing ethereal canopies that direct a potassium cation for efficient cation-pi interactions as established by 1H NMR spectroscopy and by isolation and X-ray crystallography of their K+ salts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, P. O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA.
authors.forename: Ruchi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: Sergey V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Lindeman
authors.forename: Rajendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rathore
mesh_terms: D002412:Cations / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011188:Potassium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013730:Terphenyl Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D013730:Terphenyl Compounds; D011188:Potassium