Several variants of pi coordinated phenyls have even been tested using transition metals for stacking η6-phenyltropanes, using cyclopentadienyl and tricarbonyl in place of a benzene. Which in the case of the tricarbonyl doubled the compound’s affinity for its intended ligand site (posited as due to resultant electrostatic influences being more conducive to the target).
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