Sr. Salman et al., MOLECULAR-COMPLEXES OF CROWN-ETHERS .4. COMPLEXES OF CROWN-ETHERS WITH PICRIC ACID, Journal of inclusion phenomena and molecular recognition in chemistry, 25(4), 1996, pp. 295-302
The intermolecular charge-transfer spectra of seven crown ethers (CE),
viz, 15C5, 18C6, B15C5, B18C6, DC18C6, and DB24C8, with picric acid (
PA) were studied in the UV-visible region in 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE)
at 298.2 K. The complex formation equilibrium constant values, K-c, su
ggest that many factors contribute to K-c, among them crown ether conf
ormation, size and the presence of an aromatic ring in the CE.