The nature of mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) has continued to encourage
researchers to design and construct a variety of high-performance materials. Introducing …

Mechanically interlocked polymers (MIPs), such as polyrotaxanes and polycatenanes, are
polymer architectures that incorporate a mechanical bond. In a polyrotaxane, the …

The history of isomeric types of organic molecules has passed through several important
stages:(1) Molecules that differ from each other with different numbers and types of atoms;(2) …

It has become common to reference “pi-stacking” forces or “pi–pi interactions” when
describing the interactions between neighbouring aromatic rings. Here, we review …

Formation of an imine—from an amine and an aldehyde—is a reversible reaction which
operates under thermodynamic control such that the formation of kinetically competitive …

The year 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the first reports of polyrotaxanes in the
scientific literature. During the past three decades, many combinations of molecular rings …

In the past three decades, chemistry has changed from focusing on a single molecule to
molecular assemblies. Through the discovery of macrocycles, the chemistry of molecular …

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 …

The copper (I)-catalysed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (the CuAAC 'click'reaction) is proving to
be a powerful new tool for the construction of mechanically interlocked molecular-level …

(Figure Presented) The long and the short of it: A bistable molecular muscle, based on a
doubly threaded Janus-type [2] rotaxane, is assembled using a template-directed self …