Self-assembly formation of mechanically interlocked [2]- and [3]catenanes using lanthanide ion [Eu(III)] templation and ring closing metathesis reactions.
The formation of interlocked lanthanide-based catenanes using Eu(iii)-directed synthesis is described (catenation being achieved via a ring-closing metathesis reaction); the self-assembly formation of the supramolecular structures was analysed by HRMS, NMR and luminescent spectroscopies.
School of Chemistry and Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland. gunnlaut@tcd.ie.
Christophe
C
Lincheneau
Bernard
B
Jean-Denis
Thorfinnur
T
Gunnlaugsson