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.
Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
Akiko
A
Hori
Ken-Ichi
K
Yamashita
Takahiro
T
Kusukawa
Akihiko
A
Akasaka
Kumar
K
Biradha
Makoto
M
Fujita