Maniam, SubashaniCieslinski, MartaLincoln, Stephen FOnagi, HidekiSteel, Peter JWillis, AnthonyEaston, Christopher2015-12-101523-7060http://hdl.handle.net/1885/51344Cyclodextrin [2]rotaxanes have been prepared by coupling dimethylanilines with dicarboxylic acids using DMT-MM. in aqueous solutions of a-cyclodextrin, and the example illustrated shows unusual fluorescence emission and other spectroscopic behavior characteristic of the formation of molecular wires in solution, similar to the fibers observed in the solid state.Keywords: aniline derivative; cyclodextrin; dicarboxylic acid; n,n dimethylaniline; N,N-dimethylaniline; rotaxane; article; chemical structure; chemistry; synthesis; X ray crystallography; Aniline Compounds; Crystallography, X-Ray; Cyclodextrins; Dicarboxylic AcidsMolecular fibers and wires in solid-state and solution self-assemblies of cyclodextrin [2]rotaxanes200810.1021/ol80021452015-12-09