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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1994, 177 - 180, DOI: 10.1039/C39940000177


The self assembly of controllable [2]catenanes

Peter R. Ashton, Roberto Ballardini, Vincenzo Balzani, Maria Teresa Gandolfi, Damien J.-F. Marquis, Lluïsa Pérez-Garcia, Luca Prodi, J. Fraser Stoddart and Margherita Venturi


The dynamic and electrochemical properties of two new [2]catenanes, in which bisparaphenylene-34-crown-10 is encircled by a cyclophane incorporating either (i) one bipyridinium and one bis(pyridinium)ethylene unit or (ii) two bis(pyridinium)ethylene units, are investigated in solution.