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Well-defined, organic nanoenvironments in water: the hydrophobic effect drives a capsular assembly
Corinne L D Gibb1, Bruce C Gibb
1Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 16, 2004
Abstract:
The synthesis of a water-soluble, deep-cavity cavitand is reported. A blend of molecular curvature and amphiphilicity, this molecule has a hydrophobic concave surface and a hydrophilic convex surface. As a result, in aqueous solution and in the presence of a guest molecule, the host self-assembles to form a capsular assembly with an interior cavity large enough to entrap steroidal guests.

