The nature of the mechanical bond: from molecules to machines

CJ Bruns, JF Stoddart - 2016 - books.google.com
" The story is told by THE inventor-pioneer-master in the field and is accompanied by
amazing illustrations...[it] will become an absolute reference and a best seller in chemistry!" …

Synthesis of rotaxanes and catenanes using an imine clipping reaction

X Han, G Liu, SH Liu, J Yin - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly provide a valuable chance to understand the
complicated topological structures on a molecular level. Two types of classical mechanically …

A [2] rota [2] catenane, constructed from a pillar [5] arene-crown ether fused double-cavity macrocycle: synthesis and structural characterization

WB Hu, WJ Hu, XL Zhao, YA Liu, JS Li… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A topologically novel [2] rota [2] catenane containing both a pillar [5] arene-imidazolium
based [2] rotaxane subunit and a crown ether-tetracationic cyclophane [CBPQT] 4+ based …

Unusual intermolecular charge transfer enables supramolecular fluorescent viscosity sensors

X Han, F Hu, W Chi, X Ma, SH Liu, X Liu… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
We propose and demonstrate a novel molecular design strategy to develop supramolecular
fluorescent viscosity probes. Our new probes are constructed based on host-guest …

Our Expedition in Linear Neutral Platinum‐Acetylide Complexes: The Preparation of Micro/nanostructure Materials, Complicated Topologies, and Dye‐Sensitized …

L Xu, HB Yang - The Chemical Record, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
During the past few decades, the construction of various kinds of platinum‐acetylide
complexes has attracted considerable attention, because of their wide applications in …

Dithienylethene-based rotaxanes: synthesis, characterization and properties

F Hu, J Huang, M Cao, Z Chen, YW Yang… - Organic & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The photochromic materials have been widely applied in many fields. In this article, we
report a class of photochromic ammoniums with a dithienylethene backbone. They were …

Aggregation-induced emission behavior of a pH-controlled molecular shuttle based on a tetraphenylethene moiety

X Han, M Cao, Z Xu, D Wu, Z Chen, A Wu… - Organic & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Tetraphenylethene (TPE) with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) behavior as a popular
backbone is applied widely in the construction of functional supramolecular systems. In this …

Tetraphenylethene modified [n] rotaxanes: synthesis, characterization and aggregation-induced emission behavior

G Liu, D Wu, J Liang, X Han, SH Liu… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of novel [n] rotaxanes based on a tetraphenylethene (TPE) backbone were
constructed by a template-directed clipping approach and their structures were well …

Sequence-Selective Synthesis of Rotacatenane Isomers

R Hayashi, P Slavík, Y Mutoh, T Kasama… - The Journal of organic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Rotacatenane is an interlocked compound composed of two mechanically interlocked
macrocyclic components, ie, a [2] catenane, and one axle component. In this paper we …

Post-synthetic modification of a macrocyclic receptor via regioselective imidazolium ring-opening

J Shang, BM Rambo, X Hao, JF Xiang, HY Gong… - Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A facile post-synthetic modification of a tetracationic tetraimidazolium macrocycle, 14+(ie,
the “Texas-sized” molecular box (cyclo [2](2, 6-di (1H-imidazol-1-yl) pyridine)[2](1, 4 …