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Table 9.

Example of formation constant (K_f, M⁻¹) values obtained with different methods for some selected guest.

Guest	SH-GC	UV-Visible	Fluorescence	HPLC	ITC	NMR	Phase Solubility
trans-Anethole	630 ^a 1040 ^a 497 ^a	542 ^b	^-	^-	^-	^-	537 ^c
Benzene	128 ^d 111 ^e	194 ^f	196 ^g	-	107 ^h	-	-
Camphor	2058 ^a	19 ⁱ	-	350 ^j	-	-	-
Eugenol	264 ^k	3.96 × 10^{5 l} 23 ⁱ 322 ^m	357 ⁿ	-	-	-	513 ^c
Limonene	3162 ^a 2230 ^a	55 ⁱ	-	-	-	-	-
Phenol	-	95 ^f	40 ^g	-	93 ^o	120 ^p	-
Thymol	-	1467 ^q	1400 ^r	-	-	1344 ^q	1150 ^q
Toluene	142 ^s 158 ^d 172 ^e	214 ^f	-	-	-	-	-
Vanillin	-	100 ^t 296 ^u 17 ⁱ	384 ^u	-	-	9.8 ^v	-

^a [2], ^b [20], ^c [75], ^d [51], ^e [53], ^f [73], ^g [84], ^h [105], ⁱ [67], ^j [61], ^k [49], ^l [69], ^m [13], ⁿ [85], ^o [107], ^p [48], ^q [77], ^r [19], ^s [60], ^t [14], ^u [78], ^v [96].