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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1993, 1269 - 1274, DOI: 10.1039/C39930001269


Slippage—an alternative method for assembling [2]rotaxanes

Peter R. Ashton, Martin Blohradskż, Douglas Philp and J. Fraser Stoddart


The exploitation of size-complementarity between the macrocyclic component and the stoppers of the dumbbell component of a [2]rotaxane, together with stabilising noncovalent bonding interactions that create a thermodynamic trap, have permitted the development of an alternative method, which can be termed slippage, for the syntheses of [2]rotaxanes in good yields.