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SUBMITTER: Smith JN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8442710 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith Jordan N JN Ennis Courtney C Lucas Nigel T NT
Chemical science 20210811 35
The octol of a new rigid, tetraarylene-bridged cavitand was investigated for self-assembly behaviour in solution. <sup>1</sup>H and DOSY NMR spectroscopic experiments show that the cavitand readily dimerizes through an unusual seam of interdigitated hydrogen-bonds that is resistant to disruption by polar co-solvents. The well-defined cavity encapsulates small cationic guests, but not their neutral counterparts, restricting the conformation of sequestered tetraethylammonium in solution and the so ...[more]