A two-stage molecular retractable cable featuring push-button and rotary two-way switching modes

Chun-Ju Chuang; Chien-Chen Lai; Yi-Hung Liu; Shie-Ming Peng; Sheng-Hsien Chiu

doi:10.1002/chem.201202820

A two-stage molecular retractable cable featuring push-button and rotary two-way switching modes

Chemistry. 2012 Dec 21;18(52):16698-707. doi: 10.1002/chem.201202820. Epub 2012 Nov 13.

Authors

Chun-Ju Chuang¹, Chien-Chen Lai, Yi-Hung Liu, Shie-Ming Peng, Sheng-Hsien Chiu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, ROC.

PMID: 23150458
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201202820

Abstract

A molecular cage based [2]rotaxane is reported in which the linear thread component can be elongated and contracted in a stepwise manner, mimicking a two-stage retractable cable that can be operated in both push-button (free-selection) and rotary (continuous-change) modes, depending on the choice of reagents.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Crystallography, X-Ray
Ion Exchange
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Models, Molecular
Molecular Conformation
Rotaxanes / chemical synthesis*
Rotaxanes / chemistry*
Stereoisomerism

Substances

Rotaxanes