Molecular recognition: Connection and disconnection of hydrogen bonds, a case study with dimeric and highly associated monocarboxylic acids with simple receptors

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(96)00708-9

The new receptor (5) having mixed diamide moieties is a simple synthetic model which binds carboxylic acids by three point hydrogen bonds involving pyridine nitrogen, pyridine amide as well as the flexible aliphatic amide moieties. This is in contrast to