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SUBMITTER: Liang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7357627 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 20180321 13
The π-cation interaction that differs from the cation-π interaction is a valuable concept in molecular design of pharmaceuticals and pesticides. In this Perspective we present an up-to-date review (from 1995 to 2017) on bioactive molecules involving π-cation interactions with the recognition site, and categorize into systems of inhibitor-enzyme, ligand-receptor, ligand-transporter, and hapten-antibody. The concept of π-cation interactions offers use of π systems in a small molecule to enhance th ...[more]