Mechanically interlocked molecular handcuffs
Nicholas
Pearce, 
a
Marysia
Tarnowska,
b
Nathan J.
Andersen,
b
Alexander
Wahrhaftig-Lewis,
a
Ben S.
Pilgrim
*b
and
Neil R.
Champness
*a
a
Marysia
Tarnowska,
b
Nathan J.
Andersen,
b
Alexander
Wahrhaftig-Lewis,
a
Ben S.
Pilgrim
*b
and
Neil R.
Champness
*a
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.
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