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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1991, 1677 - 1679, DOI: 10.1039/C39910001677


The self-assembly of [n]pseudorotaxanes

Peter R. Ashton, Douglas Philip, Neil Spencer and J. Fraser Stoddart


An acyclic oligomeric polyether in which four tetraethylene glycol units are located between five hydroquinol rings, with the two terminal rings carrying benzyl ether groups, self-assembles in solution with one and two molar equivalents of a tetracationic cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) macrocycle to afford, respectively and selectively, a [2]pseudorotaxane and a [3]pseudorotaxane.