@article{
author = "Ninković, Dragan and Blagojević Filipović, Jelena P. and Hall, Michael B. and Brothers, Edward N. and Zarić, Snežana D.",
year = "2020",
abstract = "High-level ab initio calculations show that the most stable stacking for benzene-cyclohexane is 17% stronger than that for benzene-benzene. However, as these systems are displaced horizontally the benzene-benzene attraction retains its strength. At a displacement of 5.0 Å, the benzene-benzene attraction is still ∼70% of its maximum strength, while benzene-cyclohexane attraction has fallen to ∼40% of its maximum strength. Alternatively, the radius of attraction (>2.0 kcal/mol) for benzene-benzene is 250% larger than that for benzene-cyclohexane. Thus, at relatively large distances aromatic rings can recognize each other, a phenomenon that helps explain their importance in protein folding and supramolecular structures.",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
journal = "ACS Central Science",
title = "What Is Special about Aromatic-Aromatic Interactions? Significant Attraction at Large Horizontal Displacement",
volume = "6",
number = "3",
pages = "420-425",
doi = "10.1021/acscentsci.0c00005"
}