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Self‐Assembling [3]Catenanes

  • Peter R. Ashton
  • , Christopher L. Brown
  • , Ewan J.T. Chrystal
  • , Timothy T. Goodnow
  • , Angel E. Kaifer
  • , Keith P. Parry
  • , Alexandra M.Z. Slawin
  • , Neil Spencer
  • , J. Fraser Stoddart*
  • , David J. Williams
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Two polyether macrocycles are “threaded” when the dication 1 is cyclized with 4,4′‐dibromomethylbiphenyl 2 in the presence of these macrocycles. NMR spectroscopy revealed that the polyether macrocycles rotate around the tetracationic macrocycle formed from 1 and 2. (Figure Presented.)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1039-1042
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie International Edition in English
Volume30
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1991

Keywords

  • AROMATIC METHYL ETHERS
  • MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE
  • CYCLOBIS(PARAQUAT-PARA-PHENYLENE)
  • RECEPTOR
  • PROTEINS
  • BENZENE

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