title: Linking [2]rotaxane wheels to create a new type of metal organic rotaxane framework.
abstract: Three new [2]rotaxanes with aromatic nitrogen donors appended to the crown ether wheel have been synthesized and used as ligands to coordinate Cd(II) ions. One of these yields a new type of 2-periodic, metal organic rotaxane framework in which the wheel rather than the axle is used to link the metal nodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Darren J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Mercer
authors.forename: V Nicholas
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Vukotic
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Loeb