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!" …

Chirality in rotaxanes and catenanes

EMG Jamieson, F Modicom, SM Goldup - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Although chiral mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have been synthesised and
studied, enantiopure examples are relatively under-represented in the pantheon of reported …

CH/π hydrogen bonds in crystals

M Nishio - CrystEngComm, 2004 - pubs.rsc.org
The nature and characteristics of the CH/π interaction are discussed by comparison with
other weak molecular forces such as the CH/O and OH/π interaction. The CH/π interaction is …

Artificial molecular rotors

GS Kottas, LI Clarke, D Horinek, J Michl - Chemical Reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
To many, periodic mechanical conformational motion of molecules is mesmerizing to a
degree that is difficult to explain rationally: It is almost as hard to stop watching an image of …

Cyclodextrin-based molecular machines

A Harada - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2001 - ACS Publications
Cyclodextrins have been used as a cyclic component in the construction of supramolecular
architectures. Recently they have been studied as a component in the construction of …

Synthetic supramolecular chemistry

MCT Fyfe, JF Stoddart - Accounts of chemical research, 1997 - ACS Publications
Classically, 1 the term synthesis has implied the construction of molecular systems as a
result of the sequential formation of covalent bonds. The total syntheses of elaborate …

Synthesis and applications of adsorbents containing cyclodextrins

G Crini, M Morcellet - Journal of Separation Science, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclodextrins (CDs), which possess a hydrophobic cavity, have a remarkable capacity to
form inclusion complexes with various molecules through host‐guest interactions. It is well …

Strategies for the synthesis of enantiopure mechanically chiral molecules

JRJ Maynard, SM Goldup - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
Mechanically interlocked molecules, such as rotaxanes and catenanes, are composed of
two or more covalent subcomponents threaded through one another such that they cannot …

A co-conformationally “topologically” chiral catenane

A Rodríguez-Rubio, A Savoini, F Modicom… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Catenanes composed of two achiral rings that are oriented (Cnh symmetry) because of the
sequence of atoms they contain are referred to as topologically chiral. Here, we present the …

Chemical sensors based on cyclodextrin derivatives

T Ogoshi, A Harada - Sensors, 2008 - mdpi.com
This review focuses on chemical sensors based on cyclodextrin (CD) derivatives. This has
been a field of classical interest, and is now of current interest for numerous scientists. First …