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Synlett 1994; 1994(10): 789-792
DOI: 10.1055/s-1994-23006
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Template-Directed Syntheses of a Bis[2]catenane and a Bis[2]rotaxane - Towards Self-Assembling Polymers

Peter R. Ashton* , Jon A. Preece, J. Fraser Stoddart, Malcolm S. Tolley
  • *School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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22 March 2002 (online)

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A conceptual approach towards self-assembling polymers is described in a couple of model experiments which both depend on the template-directed synthesis of two tethered cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) macrocycles (i) in the presence of the macrocyclic polyether, bisparaphenylene-34-crown-10, to give a bis[2]catenane and (ii) in the presence of a dumbbell-shaped compound, in which a linear polyether chain is intercepted by a naphthalene unit and terminated by two adamantoyl groups, to give a bis[2]rotaxane.