Anion induced and inhibited circumrotation of a [2]catenane

abstract

The first example of a catenane capable of performing circum-rotation via an anion switching methodology is described; of particular interest is a conformational locking mechanism which results from chloride coordination in the catenane binding cavity.

keywords

TRANSLATIONAL ISOMERISM; RECOGNITION; ROTAXANE; SWITCH; ROTOR

subject category

Chemistry

authors

Ng, KY; Felix, V; Santos, SM; Rees, NH; Beer, PD

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