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Chem. Commun., 2007, 1635 - 1637, DOI: 10.1039/b618731e

Straight-chain alkanes template the assembly of water-soluble nano-capsules

Corinne L. D. Gibb and Bruce C. Gibb

Cavitand 1 is sufficiently predisposed to form nano-scale capsules in the presence of templating straight-chain hydrocarbons; quaternary complexes are formed when two copies of smaller guests are encapsulated, whilst larger guests form ternary entities.

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