Hi Bernhard Greetings! I don't see how an aromatic-aliphatic interaction can be classed as pi-stacking. Surely it's just a normal dispersion interaction ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_dispersion_force)?
Cheers -- Ian On 23 August 2017 at 18:18, Bernhard Rupp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Fellows, > > > > there are some smart chemists amongst you, so I wonder – what precisely am > I to understand is > > the nature of pi-stacking between an aromatic residue or (whatever > pi-orbital moiety) and a sugar moiety, disaccharide etc.? > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > > BR > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Bernhard Rupp > > http://www.hofkristallamt.org/ > > [email protected] > > +1 925 209 7429 <(925)%20209-7429> > > +43 767 571 0536 <+43%207675%20710536> > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > All models are wrong > > but some are useful. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > >
