Issue 11, 2006
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Chemical Communications

Pyrogallarenes as alkali metal receptors: the role of cation–π interactions in complexation†

Antti Åhmana  and  Maija Nissinen*a  

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a University of Jyväskylä, Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, P.O. Box 35, FIN-40014, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
E-mail: majoni@cc.jyu.fi
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Abstract

Crystallization studies of C-methyl pyrogallarene with potassium, rubidium and caesium bromides or chlorides resulted in a hydrogen bonded molecular cage in which the alkali metal cations are η6 coordinated to aromatic rings via strong cation–π interactions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B515143K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Oct 2005
Accepted
16 Jan 2006
First published
30 Jan 2006

Chem. Commun., 2006, 1209-1211

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