Nicotine and the Cation-π Interaction (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Nicotine and the Cation-π Interaction

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This molecular model shows nicotine (in center) binding to a brain receptor via a cation-π interaction.

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Caltech/Dennis Dougherty

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