A deep cavitand provides a structured environment for the menschutkin reaction

BW Purse, A Gissot, J Rebek

Index: Purse, Byron W.; Gissot, Arnaud; Rebek Jr., Julius Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005 , vol. 127, # 32 p. 11222 - 11223

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 61

Abstract

We report that a synthetic, vase-shaped host molecule forms complexes with quinuclidine and accelerates the Menschutkin reaction in the nanoenvironment that the host provides. Kinetic simulation is used to determine rate constants for reactions of the complex, and ...