title: Iodide-catalysed self-assembly of donor-acceptor [3]catenanes.
abstract: Charged donor-acceptor [3]catenanes comprising the pi-accepting cyclobis(paraquat-4,4'-biphenylene) and pi-donating aromatic crown ether macrocycles have been prepared in high yields using thermodynamically controlled dynamic nucleophilic substitution.
authors.affiliation: California NanoSystems Institute and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Kaushik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Ognjen S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Miljanić
authors.forename: J Fraser
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Stoddart