Abstract

Does size really matter? Inverse kinetic isotope effects of up to 11 % are observed in the guest-exchange process from a highly charged supramolecular host (see picture). While the observed isotope effects can be understood in terms of the smaller steric requirements of deuterium, they are more fully explained in terms of coupling of the host aperture dilation with the guest CH/D vibrational modes.

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