Copper(i)-induced threading of two bis-macrocycles on two rods: a cyclic [4]rotaxane

Jean‐Paul Collin, Julien Frey, Valérie Heitz, E.G. Sakellariou, Jean‐Pierre Sauvage, Christian Tock

New Journal of Chemistry · 2006 · 20 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

A cyclic pseudo-rotaxane tetramer has been synthesised quantitatively at room temperature by threading two two-coordination site rods through two bis-macrocycles in the presence of copper(I) as a template.

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