Binding affinities of cucurbit[n]urils with cations.
Shuai ZhangLaura M GrimmZsombor MiskolczyLászló BiczókFrank BiedermannWerner M NauPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2019)
High binding constants of 19 inorganic cations with the cucurbit[n]uril homologues (CBn, n = 5, 6, 7, 8) in water were determined and the far-reaching consequences and interferences of the high affinities (millimolar to micromolar) are discussed.