A mechanical "flip-switch". Interconversion between co-conformations of a [2]rotaxane with a single recognition site.
[2]Rotaxanes utilising the 1,2-bis(pyridinium)ethane, 24-crown-8 motif can exist in two distinct co-conformations whose relative abundances are solvent dependent.
Loeb
Stephen J
SJ
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. loeb@uwindsor.ca
Tiburcio
Jorge
J
Vella
Sarah J
SJ