Substituent Effects
The ability to fine-tune pi stacking interactions would be useful in numerous synthetic efforts. One example would be to increase the binding affinity of a small-molecule inhibitor to an enzyme pocket containing aromatic residues. The effects of substituents on pi stacking interactions is difficult to model and a matter of debate.
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