title: Experimental investigation of anion-π interactions--applications and biochemical relevance.
abstract: Anion-π interactions, intuitively repulsive forces, turned from controversial to a well-established non-covalent interaction over the past quarter of a century. Within this time frame the question "Anion-π interactions. Do they exist?" could be answered and even more importantly its functional relevance was proven. The present feature article summarizes the experimental findings of anion-π studies in the gas phase, solution and in the solid state and highlights the application of anion-π interactions in anion recognition, sensing and transport as well as in catalysis. Moreover, the biochemical relevance of this weak intermolecular force is comprehensively reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Duisburg Essen, Universitätsstraße 7, 45141 Essen, Germany. michael.giese@uni-due.de.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giese
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany. markus.albrecht@oc.rwth-aachen.de.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.affiliation: University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, P.O. Box. 35, FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. kari.t.rissanen@jyu.fi.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rissanen
mesh_terms: D000838:Anions / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000838:Anions