Cause of Hydration/Dehydration in Condensed Organic Materials: Synthesis of Hydrophobic Pores

The unique solid-state hydration/dehydration properties of the diacid (±)-1e in comparison with other homologues of the same family are
studied. Hydrophobic enhancement, which is a consequence of the loss of water molecules from (±)-1e chains, is a property that can be
exploited to achieve organic condensed systems for nonpolar molecules by interstitial van der Waals confinement.