title: Polarized naphthalimide CH donors enhance Cl- binding within an aryl-triazole receptor.
abstract: The dipolar character of 1,8-naphthalimide together with polarization of the C(4)-H and C(5)-H donors has been utilized in receptor 1 to effectively bind chloride alongside triazole and phenylene units. The Cl(-) binding strength of 1 shows that the naphthalimide provides greater anion stabilization than an unactivated phenylene, and DFT calculations show that its collinear donor array can be a "urea-like" analog for CH···anion interactions.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
authors: Kevin P
authors: KP
authors: McDonald
authors: Raghunath O
authors: RO
authors: Ramabhadran
authors: Semin
authors: S
authors: Lee
authors: Krishnan
authors: K
authors: Raghavachari
authors: Amar H
authors: AH
authors: Flood