Electronic excitation of compounds 3-5 complexed within the cavity of
cyclophane 1 in aqueous solution produces host-guest exciplexes fluore
scing at 420 nm. When cyclophane 2 is employed, the complexed guests f
luoresce only as monomers. The ratio of exciplex vs. complexed monomer
fluorescence is influenced by steric interactions between the host an
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