Unique binding behaviour of water-soluble polycationic oxacalix[4]arene tweezers towards the paraquat dication

Academic Article

Publication Date:

2015

abstract:

The first water-soluble polycationic oxacalix[4]arenemolecular tweezers able to recognize – under pH control – the paraquat dication as a result of a delicate balance between electrostatic repulsion, Coulombic shielding and attractive p-stacking interactions are reported.

Iris type:

14.a.1 Articolo su rivista

Keywords:

oxacalixarenes, paraquat, host-guest

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