A circular tris[2]catenane from molecular 'figure-of-eight'.
A 'figure-of-eight'-shaped molecule with Pd(ii) at the node was self-assembled into an unprecedented circular tris[2]catenane via reversible double catenation at both loops of the 'figure-of-eight' molecule.
Hori
Akiko
A
Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
Yamashita
Ken-Ichi
K
Kusukawa
Takahiro
T
Akasaka
Akihiko
A
Biradha
Kumar
K
Fujita
Makoto
M