Synfacts 2010(5): 0533-0533  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219692
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Self-Entangling in a [1]Rotaxane

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Birgit Esser
Z. Xue, M. F. Mayer*
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
22 April 2010 (online)

Significance

A pseudo[1]rotaxane is described, in which entangling and disentangling can be induced chemically by the presence or absence of copper(I) ions.