On the mechanism of action of gated molecular baskets: The synchronicity of the revolving motion of gates and in/out trafficking of guests

• Keith Hermann,
• Stephen Rieth,
• Hashem A. Taha,
• Bao-Yu Wang,
• Christopher M. Hadad and
• Jovica D. Badjić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 90–99, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.9

• ; recognition kinetics; Introduction Covalent and self-assembled molecules with a natural cavity, i.e., molecular capsules [1][2], employ several mechanisms to trap and release guests capable of residing in their inner space [3][4][5]. The so-called “slippage” scenario [6], in which a guest makes its way to