title: Reverse shuttling in a fullerene-stoppered rotaxane.
abstract: The preparation and characterization of a solvent-switchable rotaxane that shuttles in the opposite direction to that expected are reported. The reverse shuttling is confirmed by NMR spectroscopy and can be monitored by cyclic voltammetry. The electrochemically generated anions on the fullerene moiety are stabilized by the closer proximity of the macrocycle.
authors.affiliation: INSTM, unit of Trieste, and Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy. amateo@units.it
authors.forename: Aurelio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mateo-Alonso
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fioravanti
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcaccio
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paolucci
authors.forename: Dhiredj C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Jagesar
authors.forename: Albert M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Brouwer
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prato
mesh_terms: D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D043862:Rotaxanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D043862:Rotaxanes