An hermaphroditic [c2]daisy chain.
A cyclic dimeric daisy chain compound, which has been assembled from a disfunctional [2]rotaxane in a sequence of noncovalent and covalent synthetic steps, the most important of which is a bis-Wittig reaction, has been characterised by X-ray crystallography.
Chiu
Sheng-Hsien
SH
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA.
Rowan
Stuart J
SJ
Cantrill
Stuart J
SJ
Stoddart
J Fraser
JF
White
Andrew J P
AJ
Williams
David J
DJ