A bidentate halogen-bonding bromoimidazoliophane receptor selectively binds bromide ions in competitive aqueous media (see picture, gray=carbon, blue=nitrogen, brown=bromine). The bromide ions are bound by cooperative convergent bromine atom/halogen-bonding halide anion interactions.
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