This story starts with a calixarene, a molecule (suitably adorned with substituents) frequently used as a host to entrap a guest and perchance make the guest do something interesting. Such a calixarene was at the heart of a recent story where an attempt was made to induce it to capture cyclobutadiene in its cavity.
Tags:animation, calixarene, chiral, dielectric, free energy barrier, gas phase, gas phase model, Interesting chemistry, pericyclic, proton transfer, watoc11, zwitterionic
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