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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater. 2017 Apr 29;27(4):1100–1109. doi: 10.1007/s10904-017-0561-5

Table 1.

Anionic probes used to investigate the binding interaction with a cobaltocenium polymer

Properties under study Anionic Probes
Electrostatic Interactions succinate2− vs tricarballylate3− vs butanetetracarboxylate4−
Guest Size succinate (short) vs pimelate (long)
Guest Shape tricarballylate (flexible) vs cyclohexanetricarboxylate (rigid)
Charge –π interactions cyclohexanetricarboxylate (aliphatic) vs trimesate (aromatic)