Rotaxanes with integrated photoswitches: design principles, functional behavior, and emerging applications [PDF]
Beilstein Journal of Organic ChemistryIntegrating molecular photoswitches into rotaxanes offers unique opportunities for precise control over their structural, dynamic, and functional properties.
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Cyclodextrin-based rotaxanes as a versatile platform for biological and medicinal applications [PDF]
Communications ChemistryMechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) such as rotaxanes and catenanes attract significant interest due to their unique structures and dynamic properties. Cyclodextrin-based rotaxanes (CD-rotaxanes) have emerged as promising supramolecular systems for
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Controlled assembly of rotaxane translational isomers using dual molecular pumps [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe ability to control the relative motion between different components of molecules with precision is a cornerstone of synthetic nanotechnology. Mechanically interlocked molecules such as rotaxanes offer a platform for exploring this control by means of
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The V‐Shaped Hamilton Receptors: A Paradigmatic Multipurpose Scaffold [PDF]
ChemistryOpenSensors are devices that can detect and enumerate the physical and/or chemical aspects in real time. The generation of novel sensory materials for sensing/recognition of chemical entities are significant for protecting both the environment and humanity ...
Shafieq Ahmad Wagay, Rashid Ali
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Rigidity and Flexibility in Rotaxanes and Their Relatives; On Being Stubborn and Easy-Going
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 Rotaxanes are an emerging class of molecules composed of two building blocks: macrocycles and threads. Rotaxanes, and their pseudorotaxane and polyrotaxane relatives, serve as prototypes for molecular-level switches and machines and as components in ...
Rachel E. Fadler, Amar H. Flood
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Active-metal template clipping synthesis of novel [2]rotaxanes
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023 Mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have been important synthetic targets in supramolecular chemistry due to their beautiful structures and intriguing properties.
Cătălin C. Anghel +3 more
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π-Stacking Stopper-Macrocycle Stabilized Dynamically Interlocked [2]Rotaxanes
Molecules, 2021 The synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecules is valuable due to their unique topologies. With π-stacking intercomponent interaction, e.g., phenanthroline and anthracene, novel [2]rotaxanes have been synthesized by dynamic imine clipping reaction ...
Sing-Ming Chan +5 more
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Construction and Property Investigation of Serial Pillar[5]arene-Based [1]Rotaxanes
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 Although the construction and application of pillar[5]arene-based [1]rotaxanes have been extensively studied, the types of stoppers for them are limited.
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Reactions, 2023 Rotaxanes, known as supramolecular compounds, are expected to find applications in functional materials due to their high degree of freedom. However, their synthesis requires multistep reactions, and there is a demand for more convenient methods to ...
Risako Kamoto +2 more
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Enantioselective preparation of mechanically planar chiral rotaxanes by kinetic resolution strategy
Nature Communications, 2021 Since the discovery of mechanically planar chiral rotaxanes and topologically chiral catenanes, their asymmetric synthesis has been a long-standing challenge.
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