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The Rational Design of Anion Host Compounds: An Exercise in Subtle Energetics
Author(s) -
HajZaroubi Manal,
Mitzel Norbert W.,
Schmidtchen Franz P.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20020104)41:1<104::aid-anie104>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - energetics , rational design , host (biology) , chemistry , acetonitrile , ion , lock (firearm) , computational chemistry , nanotechnology , materials science , biology , organic chemistry , genetics , ecology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Lock‐and‐key binding is an inadequate description for the molecular‐recognition interaction of guanidinium cations and carboxylates in acetonitrile (see picture) as shown by direct calorimetric determinations in a tailored series of host–guest pairs.