Issue 14, 2022

Mechanically interlocked molecular handcuffs

Abstract

The field of mechanically interlocked molecules that employ a handcuff component are reviewed. The variety of rotaxane and catenane structures that use the handcuff motif to interlock different components are discussed and a new nomenclature, distilling diverse terminologies to a single approach, is proposed. By unifying the interpretation of this class of molecules we identify new opportunities for employing this structural unit for new architectures.

Graphical abstract: Mechanically interlocked molecular handcuffs

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
28 janv. 2022
Accepted
27 févr. 2022
First published
16 mars 2022
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2022,13, 3915-3941

Mechanically interlocked molecular handcuffs

N. Pearce, M. Tarnowska, N. J. Andersen, A. Wahrhaftig-Lewis, B. S. Pilgrim and N. R. Champness, Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 3915 DOI: 10.1039/D2SC00568A

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