Molecular recognition of aromatic hydrocarbons by four endo-functionalized molecular tubes has been studied by 1H NMR spectroscopy, computational methods, and single crystal X-ray crystallography. The binding selectiv...Molecular recognition of aromatic hydrocarbons by four endo-functionalized molecular tubes has been studied by 1H NMR spectroscopy, computational methods, and single crystal X-ray crystallography. The binding selectivity is rationalized by invoking shape complementarity and dipole alignment. The non- covalent interactions are proved to predominantly be C/N-H...π interactions.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 21572097)Thousand Young Talents Program, South University of Science and Technology of China+2 种基金the Shenzhen special funds for the development of biomedicine, internet, new energy, and new material industries (Nos. JCYJ20160226192118056, JCYJ20170307105848463)the Startup Program of Yulin Normal University(No. G20160002)the Academy of Finland(Nos. 263256, 265328 and 292746)
文摘Molecular recognition of aromatic hydrocarbons by four endo-functionalized molecular tubes has been studied by 1H NMR spectroscopy, computational methods, and single crystal X-ray crystallography. The binding selectivity is rationalized by invoking shape complementarity and dipole alignment. The non- covalent interactions are proved to predominantly be C/N-H...π interactions.