“…The maximum complexationinduced 1 H NMR shifts, Δδ max , of the guest protons, the association constants, K a , and, hence, the Gibbs enthalpies of association, ΔG, were determined by 1 H NMR titration experiments, in which Δδ max is defined as the difference between the chemical 1 H NMR shifts of the signals assigned to the free and complexed guest (δ 0 -δ C ). However, the different curvature in the plots of the ob- (3), HPG (1kDa) (4), and HPG (3kDa) (5). [3c,3e,3g] In the case of molecular clips 4 and 5 substituted by the hyperbranched polyglycerols, which do not consist of single structures, averages of the molecular mass distribution were used to calculate the host concentrations and, hence, the K a and Δδ max values from the dependence of the complexation-induced 1 H NMR shifts Δδ obs (= δ obs -δ 0 ) on the host concentration at constant guest concentration.…”