Royal Society of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 38(23), p. 21532-21543, 2021
DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03033g
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Protons confined in the ring cavities of crown ethers form dynamic proton bonds that migrate to varying pairs of coordinating atoms, at a rate depending on electronegativity and on the flexibility of the macrocycle backbone.