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The cation-pi interaction is a stabilizing electrostatic interaction of a cation with the polarizable pi electron cloud of an aromatic ring.

Six-carbon aromatic rings occur in the sidechains of 3 of the [[amino acids|20 standard amino acids]]: namely [[Amino_Acids#Phenylalanine|phenylalanine]], [[Amino_Acids#Tryptophan|tryptophan]], and [[Amino_Acids#Tyrosine|tyrosine]]. One [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-orbital p atomic orbital] on each aromatic carbon overlaps in a pi ("sideways") fashion with its two neighbors to form a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjugated_system conjugated] pi (π) orbital system.

The pi electrons of aromatic rings comprise [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delocalized_electron delocalized] annular clouds above and below the ring plane ('''see Figure at right'''). Proximity of a positive charge to one face of the ring attacts and polarizes the pi electron cloud. In the proper conformation, this proximity forms an energetically significant '''cation-pi''' interaction (see '''Figure ~~Above~~''').<ref name="lillya">[[User:Eric Martz|Eric Martz]] thanks [http://www.cns.umass.edu/faculty/directory/c-peter-lillya Peter Lillya] for help writing this paragraph.</ref> .

The pi electrons of aromatic rings comprise [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delocalized_electron delocalized] annular clouds above and below the ring plane ('''see Figure at right'''). Proximity of a positive charge to one face of the ring attacts and polarizes the pi electron cloud. In the proper conformation, this proximity forms an energetically significant '''cation-pi''' interaction (see '''Figure above''')<ref name="lillya">[[User:Eric Martz|Eric Martz]] thanks [http://www.cns.umass.edu/faculty/directory/c-peter-lillya Peter Lillya] for help writing this paragraph.</ref> .

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 The cation-pi interaction is a stabilizing electrostatic interaction of a cation with the polarizable pi electron cloud of an aromatic ring.
 Six-carbon aromatic rings occur in the sidechains of 3 of the [[amino acids|20 standard amino acids]]: namely [[Amino_Acids#Phenylalanine|phenylalanine]], [[Amino_Acids#Tryptophan|tryptophan]], and [[Amino_Acids#Tyrosine|tyrosine]]. One [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-orbital p atomic orbital] on each aromatic carbon overlaps in a pi ("sideways") fashion with its two neighbors to form a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjugated_system conjugated] pi (&pi;) orbital system.
-The pi electrons of aromatic rings comprise [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delocalized_electron delocalized] annular clouds above and below the ring plane ('''see Figure at right'''). Proximity of a positive charge to one face of the ring attacts and polarizes the pi electron cloud. In the proper conformation, this proximity forms an energetically significant '''cation-pi''' interaction (see '''Figure Above''').<ref name="lillya">[[User:Eric Martz|Eric Martz]] thanks [http://www.cns.umass.edu/faculty/directory/c-peter-lillya Peter Lillya] for help writing this paragraph.</ref> .
+The pi electrons of aromatic rings comprise [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delocalized_electron delocalized] annular clouds above and below the ring plane ('''see Figure at right'''). Proximity of a positive charge to one face of the ring attacts and polarizes the pi electron cloud. In the proper conformation, this proximity forms an energetically significant '''cation-pi''' interaction (see '''Figure above''')<ref name="lillya">[[User:Eric Martz|Eric Martz]] thanks [http://www.cns.umass.edu/faculty/directory/c-peter-lillya Peter Lillya] for help writing this paragraph.</ref> .
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