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Jozef Hodyl PhD Thesis - Theses - Flinders University

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non-classical hydrogen bonding is geometrically possible in 78 and 79, but not in 77.77 78 79Figure 3.12 Schematic representation of three hydroxybenzoate host-guest complexes showing therange of potential hydrogen bonding interactions between the hydroxy hydrogen atomof the guest and an aromatic group of receptor 49 The ellipse shows the pathcircumscribed by precession of the hydroxy hydrogen atom around the O-Ar bond.Ab initio methods were used to model this phenomenon by Professor SadeghSalehzadeh of Bu-Ali-Sina <strong>University</strong> with an o-hydroxybenzoate guest included inthe cavity of receptor 29. 129 The structure obtained displayed the potential for ahydroxy group in the ortho position to participate in hydrogen bonding with anaromatic group from the host pendant-arms. 129 This series of guests was also to beused for inclusion studies with the silica immobilised receptor 94 in aqueousconditions and this will be discussed in Chapter 6.Prior to subjecting the hydroxybenzoate guests to 1 H NMR monitored titration ina search for enhanced binding strength attributable to non-classical hydrogenbonding a reference guest anion was needed. Sodium benzoate, shown in Figure3.13, was chosen for this purpose.Figure 3.13 Structure of sodium benzoate.65

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