Two-component control of guest binding in a self-assembled cage molecule.
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SUBMITTER: Liao P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2929133 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
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Two-component control of guest binding in a self-assembled cage molecule.
Liao Puhong P Langloss Brian W BW Johnson Amber M AM Knudsen Eric R ER Tham Fook S FS Julian Ryan R RR Hooley Richard J RJ
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20100604 27
A self-assembled M(2)L(4) palladium-pyridyl cluster with a "paddle-wheel" structure shows binding affinity in competitive organic solvents for neutral organic guests that possess both the correct size and electrostatic complementarity. ...[more]
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