The role of molecular shape similarity in specific molecular recognition
Tadashi Endo, Hidetoshi Tasai, Kazuhiro Miyazawa, Masayuki Endo, Kotaro Kato, Akira Uchida, Yuji Ohashi, Yoshio Sasada · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1983
For the oxidation of associating thiols [(1) and (2)] and the formation of a 1 : 1 crystalline complex between acylurea derivatives [(6) and (7)] it has been shown that a similarity in geometrical shape of interacting groups is responsible for specific molecular recognition.