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Design and understanding of solid-state and crystalline materials




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CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 2332 - 2337, DOI: 10.1039/b905248h


Selectivity by benzopinacol

Gaëlle Ramon, Ayesha Jacobs, Lungile Z. N. Masuku and Luigi R. Nassimbeni


The host molecule 1,1,2,2-tetraphenylethane-1,2-diol forms inclusion compounds with THF, DMA and DMF with a constant host:guest ratio of 1:2. The structures of these three inclusion compounds were solved as well as the structure of a mixed guest compound. We studied the selectivity of the host towards all three guests and determined the activation energy of guest desorption for the DMA and DMF compounds.

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