title: Rapid thermally assisted donor-acceptor catenation.
abstract: Charged donor-acceptor [2]catenanes containing cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) as the ring component can be synthesised in yields of up to 88% in under one hour by heating two precursors in the presence of macrocyclic polyether templates in N,N-dimethylformamide at 80 °C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA.
authors.forename: Albert C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Fahrenbach
authors.forename: Karel J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hartlieb
authors.forename: Chi-Hau
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Sue
authors.forename: Carson J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bruns
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barin
authors.forename: Subhadeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: Youssry Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Botros
authors.forename: Abdulaziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bagabas
authors.forename: Nezar H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Khdary
authors.forename: J Fraser
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Stoddart