Template??Directed Syntheses of Rigid Oligorotaxanes under Thermodynamic Control

ME Belowich, C Valente…

Index: Belowich, Matthew E.; Valente, Cory; Stoddart, J. Fraser Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2010 , vol. 49, # 40 p. 7208 - 7212

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Abstract

The application of mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) as molecular switches for nanoelectronics,[1] as molecular actuators for constructing artificial muscles,[2] and in controlling the release of molecules stored in mesoporous silica nanoparticles [3] remains an area of intense activity in research. Dynamic covalent chemistry [4](DCC), a process whereby covalent bonds are formed reversibly under thermodynamic control, hence ...