Abstract
Addition of a dinaphtho-crown ether to the components of a chiral metallomacrocycle affords a [2]catenane as the exclusive thermodynamic product; the reversible assembly process is driven by a combination of zinc(II)-bipyridyl ligation and π-donor/π-acceptor interactions between the electronically complementary aromatic components.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 723-724 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Mar 1998 |