title: Toward self-assembled surface-mounted prismatic altitudinal rotors. A test case: molecular rectangle.
abstract: [structure: see text] A self-assembly path toward prismatic molecular rotors based on transversely reactive terminally metalated molecular rods and pyridine-terminated star connectors is outlined. The concept is tested on the assembly of the biphenyl rod [Ph(2)P(CH(2))(3)PPh(2)Pt(+)-C(6)H(4)-C(6)H(4)-Pt(+)[Ph(2)P(CH(2))(3)PPh(2)] and 4,4'-bipyridyl into a molecular rectangle, fully characterized by NMR and MS, including diffusion-ordered NMR and collision-induced dissociation MS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215, USA.
authors.forename: Douglas C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Caskey
authors.forename: Richard K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Shoemaker
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Michl