In these sensitive times, stereotypes are a big no-no. Hopefully, this doesn't apply to chemicals, because there is one group of them called esters. They smell really nice, even though the two ...

Figure 1: Molecular structures of the host and guests used in this study. Table 1 Calculated physical properties, rate constants for hydrolysis and binding affinity (to capsule 1 2) of esters 2–6.