Half a century after Schill and Lüttringhaus carried out the first directed synthesis of a [2]
catenane, a plethora of strategies now exist for the construction of molecular Hopf links …

The tetracationic cyclophane, cyclobis (paraquat‐p‐phenylene), also known as the little blue
box, constitutes a modular receptor that has facilitated the discovery of many host–guest …

A 'molecular shuttle'is an interlocked molecular assembly in which a macrocyclic ring is able
to move back and forth between two recognition sites. This large-amplitude translational …

Mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have great potential in the development of
molecular machinery due to their intercomponent dynamics. The incorporation of these …

Catenanes–molecules consisting of interlocked macrocyclic rings–have been prepared by
templation strategies for some thirty years. The utilization of CuI cation, aromatic donor …

Chiral coordination polymers and porous chiral MOFs have great potential as agents for
enantioselective separations, sensing, and catalysis due to their well-structured internal …

We report the synthesis and structural characterization of large pore covalent organic
frameworks (COFs) integrated with donor and acceptor building blocks. The donor and …

A series of metal–organic framework (MOF) materials has been prepared, each containing a
mechanically interlocked molecule (MIM) as the linker and a copper (II) paddlewheel as the …

Chemists have learned how to create molecules that mimic the rudimentary motions
exhibited at the macroscopic level by some of the components of modern machinery. Almost …

The organization of trisradical rotaxanes within the channels of a Zr6-based metal–organic
framework (NU-1000) has been achieved postsynthetically by solvent-assisted ligand …