RSC Advances · 2014 · 33 citations · 36 references
Natural SciencesChemistryPhysicsComputational ChemistryCondensed Matter PhysicsNanomaterialsDensity Functional TheoryIntermolecular ForcesIntermolecular InteractionsMolecular Orbital TheoryMolecular SymmetryReceptor-ligand InteractionsFullerenesHydrogen-bond Donor ReceptorsSteric-electronic Interactionsπ-π Interactions
Ring-annelated corannulenes behave as better C<sub>60</sub>/C<sub>70</sub> receptor than corannulene C<sub>20</sub>H<sub>10</sub>. The interaction is dominated by dispersion, with CH⋯π interactions playing a very important role.
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