Issue 5, 2006
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Chemical Communications

Normal hydrocarbons tumble rapidly in a deep, water-soluble cavitand†

Richard J. Hooley,a   Shannon M. Birosa  and  Julius Rebek, Jr.*a  

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a The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and the Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
E-mail: jrebek@scripps.edu
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Abstract

A deep, water-soluble cavitand extracts n-alkanes and other water-insoluble species into its cavity via hydrophobic forces: alkanes bind in a helical manner, and tumble rapidly on the NMR timescale inside the binding pocket.

Graphical abstract: Normal hydrocarbons tumble rapidly in a deep, water-soluble cavitand

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B515733A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Nov 2005
Accepted
17 Nov 2005
First published
14 Dec 2005

Chem. Commun., 2006, 509-510

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