title: Self-assembly of an amphiphilic
abstract: The template-directed synthesis of a [2]rotaxane, in which a pi-electron deficient ring component-cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene)-is assembled around a pi-electron rich asymmetric monopyrrolotetrathiafulvalene unit on the rod section of an amphiphilic dumbbell component that is terminated by a hydrophilic dendritic stopper at one end and a hydrophobic tetraarylmethane stopper at the other end, is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, and Department of Chemistry, Odense University (University of Southern Denmark), Campusvej 55, DK-5230, Oden.
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Jeppesen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Becher
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Stoddart