We report laser spectroscopic and computational studies of host/guest hydration interactions between functional molecules (hosts) and water (guest) in supersonic jets. The examined hosts include dibenzo-18-crown-6-ether (DB18C6), benzo-18-crown-6-ether (B18C6) and calix[4]arene (C4A). The gaseous complexes between the functional molecular hosts and water are generated under jet-cooled condition...

The title complex, [Na(C(18)H(22)O(5))(H(2)O)](2)[Co(NCS)(4)], consists of two aqua-(2,3-naphtho-15-crown-5)sodium complex cations and one [Co(NCS)(4)](2-) complex anion, which has crystallographic symmetry. In the anion, the Co(II) centre is coordinated by the N atoms of four NCS(-) ligands in a distorted tetra-hedral geometry. In the complex cations, the Na(I) centre is coordinated by five O ...

The title complex, [Mn(NCS)(2)(C(13)H(19)NO(4))] {systematic name: [3,6,9,12-tetra-oxa-18-aza-bicyclo-[12.3.1]octa-cosa-14(18),15,17-triene-κ(5)N,O,O',O'',O''']bis-(thio-cyanato-κN)manganese(I-I)}, was obtained by the reaction of MnCl(2)·4H(2)O and NaSCN with pyridino-15-crown-5. The Mn(2+) center has a distorted penta-gonal bipyramidal coordination geometry, coordinated by four O atoms and one...

Single crystals formed from hydrogen-bonding supramolecular cations of o-aminoanilinium (HOPD)­crown ethers, (HOPD)([12]crown-4), (HOPD)([15]crown-5), and (HOPD)([18]crown-6), and one-electron-reduced [PMo12O40] Keggin-type clusters were synthesized. The crystal structures and dielectric responses of the three new compounds (HOPD)4([12]crown-4)4[PMo12O40]¢4CH3CN (1), (HOPD)4([15]crown-5)4[PMo12...

From extraction experiments and γ-activity measurements, the extraction constant corresponding to the equilibrium Na+(aq) + A-(aq) + 1(nb) left arrow over right arrow 1•Na+(nb) + A-(nb) taking place in the two-phase water-nitrobenzene system (A- = picrate, 1 = dibenzo-18-crown-6; aq = aqueous phase, nb = nitrobenzene phase) was evaluated as was log Kex (1•Na+, A-) = 1.7 ± 0.1. Further, the stab...