Solution and Solvent-Free Stopper Exchange Reactions for the Preparation of Pillar[5]arene-Containing [2] and [3]Rotaxanes

Nihed Becharguia; Iwona Nierengarten; Jean-Marc Strub; Sarah Cianférani; Marine Rémy; Emeric Wasielewski; Rym Abidi; Jean-François Nierengarten

doi:10.1002/chem.202400246

Solution and Solvent-Free Stopper Exchange Reactions for the Preparation of Pillar[5]arene-Containing [2] and [3]Rotaxanes

Chemistry. 2024 Feb 26;30(12):e202400246. doi: 10.1002/chem.202400246. Epub 2024 Jan 31.

Authors

Nihed Becharguia^{1

2}, Iwona Nierengarten¹, Jean-Marc Strub³, Sarah Cianférani³, Marine Rémy¹, Emeric Wasielewski⁴, Rym Abidi², Jean-François Nierengarten¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7042, LIMA), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.
² Laboratoire d'Applications de la Chimie aux Ressources et Substances Naturelles et l'Environnement, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Université de Carthage, 7021, Zarzouna Bizerte, Tunisia.
³ Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7178, IPHC), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.
⁴ Plateforme RMN Cronenbourg, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7042, LIMA) Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.

PMID: 38295139
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400246

Abstract

Invited for the cover of this issue are the group of Iwona and Jean-François Nierengarten from the University of Strasbourg (LIMA, UMR 7042, CNRS) and collaborators from the University of Carthage and the IPHC (University of Strasbourg and CNRS, UMR 7178). The image illustrates the fast motions of a pillar[5]arene subunit along the axle of a rotaxane, reminiscent of those of a guitarist's hand along the neck allowing him to use random parts of a scale with certain sweet spots when improvising a solo. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.202304131.