Molecular gyroscopes: [Fe(CO)(3)] and [Fe(CO)(2)(NO)](+) rotators encased in three-spoke stators; facile assembly by alkene metatheses.
Shima
Takanori
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Institut für Organische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 42, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Hampel
Frank
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Gladysz
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D000475:Alkenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012399:Rotation; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D000475:Alkenes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D007501:Iron