Reversible five-component assembly of a [2]catenane from a chiral metallomacrocycle and a dinaphtho-crown ether

Try, Andrew CHarding, MargaretHamilton, Darren GSanders, Jeremy K M2015-12-131359-7345http://hdl.handle.net/1885/73491Addition of a dinaphtho-crown ether to the components of a chiral metallomacrocycle affords a [2]catenane as the exclusive thermodynamic product; the reversible assembly process is driven by a combination of zinc(II)-bipyridyl ligation and π-donor/π-accReversible five-component assembly of a [2]catenane from a chiral metallomacrocycle and a dinaphtho-crown ether199810.1039/a709112e2015-12-11