We recently got notice of our paper being accepted for publication in the Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry. We are very pleased with this news! The paper’s title is “Ab initio calculations of electronic interactions in inclusion complexes of calix- and thiacalix[n]arenes and block s cations” and is being co-authored by Dr. Petronela Petrar, Prof. Dr. Kunsagi-Mate Sandor, the late Prof. Dr. Ioan Silaghi-Dumitrescu and yours truly. Most of the work reported in this article was performed at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Babeş-Bolyai University in Romania and also at Pécsi Tudomanyegyetem in Hungary (one lovely summer that was!)

In this paper we address the calculations of the cavity of a small family of calixarenes and explore the electrostatic interactions present when some s block cations are inserted within. Two main factors affect the stability of the complexes: Fitting. The ratio between the cation radius and the mean size of the cavity; The second factor is the ionic-π interactions with the aromatic rings that make the cavity.

As usual the paper is available in pdf format at your request from this author.

Reference:

Barroso-Flores, Joaquín; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Ioan; Petrar, P. M.; Kunsagi-Mate, Sandor* Ab initio calculations of electronic interactions in inclusion complexes of calix- and
thiacalix[n]arenes and block s cations J. Incl. Phenomena April 2012
DOI:10.1007/10847-012-0144-6