End-to-end distance determination in a cucurbit[6]uril-based rotaxane by PELDOR spectroscopy

Roberta Pievo; Costanza Casati; Paola Franchi; Elisabetta Mezzina; Marina Bennati; Marco Lucarini

doi:10.1002/cphc.201200103

End-to-end distance determination in a cucurbit[6]uril-based rotaxane by PELDOR spectroscopy

Chemphyschem. 2012 Aug 6;13(11):2659-61. doi: 10.1002/cphc.201200103. Epub 2012 Jun 12.

Authors

Roberta Pievo¹, Costanza Casati, Paola Franchi, Elisabetta Mezzina, Marina Bennati, Marco Lucarini

Affiliation

¹ Research Group Electron Paramagnetic Resonance group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, am Faßberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.

PMID: 22693109
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201200103

Abstract

Distance determination: The use of pulsed electron-electron double resonance (PELDOR/DEER) spectroscopy to determine the distances among the end units of a paramagnetic cucurbit[6]uril-based rotaxane is demonstrated.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bridged-Ring Compounds / chemistry*
Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy*
Imidazoles / chemistry*
Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Rotaxanes / chemical synthesis
Rotaxanes / chemistry*
Water / chemistry

Substances

Bridged-Ring Compounds
Imidazoles
Rotaxanes
Water
cucurbit(6)uril