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Kinetics of Formation of the HostāGuest Complex of a Viologen with Cucurbit[7]uril
Hostāguest complexation between the dicationic viologen 1-tri(ethylene glycol)-1ā²-methyl-<i>m</i>-xylyl-4,4ā²-bipyridinium and cucurbit[7]uril (<b>CB7</b>) was studied at pH = 4.5 in water. The stability constants of the mono- and bis-<b>CB7</b> adducts were determined at 25 Ā°C by UVāvis spectroscopy. Stopped-flow kinetic experiments were performed to measure the formation and dissociation rate constants of the monoadduct: <i>k</i><sub>1</sub> = (6.01 Ā± 0.03) Ć 10<sup>6</sup> M<sup>ā1Ā </sup>s<sup>ā1</sup> and <i>k</i><sub>ā1</sub> = 52.7 Ā± 0.4 s<sup>ā1</sup>, respectively. Possible mechanisms of complexation are discussed in view of the kinetic results