Covalent polymers connected by non-covalent interactions constitute a fascinating set of
materials known as supramolecular polymer networks (SPNs). A key feature of SPNs is that …

Mechanically interlocked molecules, such as rotaxanes and catenanes, are receiving
increased attention as scaffolds for the development of new catalysts, driven by both their …

Although chiral mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have been synthesised and
studied, enantiopure examples are relatively under-represented in the pantheon of reported …

The construction of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) switches with multiple
switchable emission states and high dissymmetry factors (glum) has attracted increasing …

Rotaxanes are interlocked molecules in which a molecular ring is trapped on a dumbbell-
shaped axle because of its inability to escape over the bulky end groups, resulting in a so …

Immobilizing organocatalyst onto helical polymers not only facilitates the catalyst recycling
from homogeneous reactions, but also boosts enantioselectivity. In this work, achiral …

Mechanically interlocked molecules, such as rotaxanes and catenanes, are composed of
two or more covalent subcomponents threaded through one another such that they cannot …

Active template auxiliary methodologies have previously been developed for the
stereoselective synthesis of chiral interlocked molecules in which the mechanical bond …

We exploit a reversible acid–base triggered molecular shuttling process to switch an
appropriately designed rotaxane between prochiral and mechanically planar chiral forms …

Achiral [2] catenanes composed of rings with inequivalent sides may adopt chiral co-
conformations. Their stereochemistry depends on the relative orientation of the interlocked …