The Ouroborand: A Cavitand with a Coordination??Driven Switching Device

F Durola, J Rebek

Index: Durola, Fabien; Rebek Jr., Julius Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2010 , vol. 49, # 18 p. 3189 - 3191

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Abstract

Molecular devices reproduce on the nanoscale functions of macroscopic objects, at least notionally:[1] self-assembled capsules are reaction flasks;[2] catenanes and rotaxanes are machines;[3] cylindrical molecular containers can be springloaded;[4] and any number of biaryl nanomachines behave as rotors.[5] On/off switches involving extension/contraction motions [6] are among the oldest [7] molecular devices and here we revisit the ...