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Novel template effect for the preparation of [2]rotaxanes with functionalised centre pieces
Pradyut Ghosh1, Oliver Mermagen, Christoph A Schalley
1Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, D-53121 Bonn, Germany.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|January 4, 2003
Abstract:
A novel anion-templated synthesis permits the preparation of [2]rotaxanes with a tetralactam wheel through which axles are threaded that are functionalised at their center pieces; the wheel protects these groups efficiently against modifications.