Host-guest interactions template: the synthesis of a [3]catenane.
Formation of a [3]catenane containing dibenzo-24-crown ether wheels and a large dipyridiniumethane ring is templated by formation of a host-guest adduct between the [3]catenane and the external crown ether.
Hubbard
Amy L
AL
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.
Davidson
Gregory J E
GJ
Patel
Roopa H
RH
Wisner
James A
JA
Loeb
Stephen J
SJ