Model maps solvent effects on non-covalent interactions
Tool will help experimental chemists pick the best solvent for their reaction
Building on experimental studies of pairwise interactions between hydrogen bonded solutes, Hunter and his colleagues have developed a way to quantitatively predict how a solvent will affect non-covalent interactions and extended it to multiple interaction sites in any solvent environment. They also developed visual maps that direct experimentalists to which sites on a molecule they should tailor in terms of polarity to enhance desired interactions.