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Sulfate anion templated synthesis of a triply interlocked capsule
Yitong Li1, Kathleen M Mullen, Tim D W Claridge
1Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3TA.
Abstract:
Sulfate templation has been used in the synthesis of a novel tris-urea-based triply interlocked capsule, whose structure has been verified by DOSY NMR, mass spectrometry and molecular modelling investigations.
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