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Mol. BioSyst., 2008, 4, 512 - 514, DOI: 10.1039/b801621f


Toward autonomously operating molecular machines driven by transition-metal catalyst

Kenichi Tanaka and Kazushi Kinbara


A Vaska-type complex carrying a ferrocene-appended diphosphine ligand was developed as a prototype of autonomous molecular machines that is able to undergo continuous scissoring motion in the presence of diphenylphosphoryl azide and aldehyde.

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