Two-component control of guest binding in a self-assembled cage molecule

Puhong Liao, Brian W. Langloss, Amber M. Johnson, Eric R. Knudsen, Fook S. Tham, Ryan R. Julian, Richard J. Hooley

Chemical Communications · 2010 · 174 citations · 29 references

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A self-assembled M(2)L(4) palladium-pyridyl cluster with a "paddle-wheel" structure shows binding affinity in competitive organic solvents for neutral organic guests that possess both the correct size and electrostatic complementarity.

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