A new class of hydrogen-bonded ladders based on hydrogen-bonded dimerization of oligo-
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-aminopryidines has been demonstrated. Jorgensen's model can be successfully applied to this hydrogen-bonding system in nonpolar solvents. The results show the competitive enthalpy/entropy compensationrelationship upon dimerization. Although increasing the number of hydrogen-bonding interactions wouldenhance the hydrogen-bonding stabilization enthalpy, this stabilization enthalpy per unit would be partiallysacrificed to compensate for the entropy loss due to dimerization. These results clearly support theimportance of preorganization in designing hydrogen-bonding guest-host molecules.