Functionally rigid and degenerate molecular shuttles

• Main Authors: Stoddart, J. Fraser, Miljanić, Ognjen Š., Leung, Ken C. F., Khan, Saeed I., Goddard III, William A., Yoon, Il., Benítez, Diego, Zhao, Yanli, Kim, Soo Young, Tkatchouk, Ekaterina
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Organic chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/92127; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6949
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The preparation and dynamic behavior of two functionally rigid and degenerate [2]rotaxanes (1⋅4 PF6 and 2⋅4 PF6) in which a π-electron deficient tetracationic cyclophane, cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) (CBPQT4+) ring, shuttles back and forth between two π-electron-rich naphthalene (NP) stations by m...