Inclusion complexes of Cethyl-2-methylresorcinarene and pyridine N-oxides: breaking the C–I⋯−O–N+ halogen bond by host–guest complexation

Rakesh Puttreddy, Ngong Kodiah Beyeh, Kari Rissanen
2016 CrysteEngComm  
Cethyl-2-Methylresorcinarene and aromatic N-oxides manifest host–guest chemistry by C–H⋯π interactions and halogen bonding; the C–I⋯−O–N+ halogen bond with 2-iodopyridine N-oxide is broken by the in-cavity C–I⋯π interactions.
doi:10.1039/c5ce02354h fatcat:gxr2krfmdzentn37jye6ilja2e