Formation of dimers of inclusion cryptand/paraquat complexes driven by dipole-dipole and face-to-face pi-stacking interactions

Feihe Huang; Liang Zhou; Jason W Jones; Harry W Gibson; Mehdi Ashraf-Khorassani

doi:10.1039/b411234b

Formation of dimers of inclusion cryptand/paraquat complexes driven by dipole-dipole and face-to-face pi-stacking interactions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Dec 7:(23):2670-1. doi: 10.1039/b411234b. Epub 2004 Oct 14.

Authors

Feihe Huang¹, Liang Zhou, Jason W Jones, Harry W Gibson, Mehdi Ashraf-Khorassani

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0212, USA.

PMID: 15568060
DOI: 10.1039/b411234b

Abstract

Dimers of inclusion complexes were formed from a new cryptand and viologens (paraquats) driven by dipole-dipole and face-to-face pi-stacking interactions as shown by mass spectrometric characterization and X-ray analysis.