title: A clicked bistable [2]rotaxane.
abstract: [structure: see text]. A universal diazide-terminated polyether, incorporating tetrathiafulvalene (TTF, green) and 1,5-dioxynaphthalene (DNP, red) units, was prepared and subsequently employed in the template-directed synthesis of a switchable donor/acceptor [2]rotaxane. The triazole rings (magenta), which are introduced into the rotaxane during requisite click reactions, do not present themselves as competing recognition sites for the tetracationic cyclophane (blue) as it is induced to switch between the TTF unit, when it becomes dicationic (green adorned with yellow extremities), and the DNP unit.
authors.affiliation: California NanoSystems Institute, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aprahamian
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Dichtel
authors.forename: Taichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: J Fraser
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Stoddart