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Synthesis of a Water-soluble Metal–Organic Complex Array
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Assembly of resorcinarene capsules in wet solvents
Alexander Shivanyuk1, Julius Rebek
1The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|March 20, 2003
Abstract:
Resorcinarenes assemble in wet chloroform or benzene to form hexameric capsules, resembling inflated cubes or volleyballs. NMR methods are used to determine the number of solvent molecules detained inside; eight molecules of benzene are encapsulated.
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