Threading of rotaxanes

Figure 39. Intramolecular bridging of the wheel and the thread of rotaxane 80m yields [l]rotaxane 100.

The occupation of each 7i-donor station in the thread of rotaxane 24+ by the macrocyclic bead gives rise to characteristic charge transfer bands. Therefore,... 

Figure 14.25 Patterns from rotaxane solutions. Optical micrograph (200 times magnification] of an array obtained by deposition of rotaxane, (a] 20 ml and [b] 60 mL droplet of a solution 0.15 mg/mL, and the thread of rotaxane [c] 20 mL and (d] 60 mL droplet of a solution 0.17 mg/mL onto a Cu grid. The grid has been removed. (Image taken from Ref. 102.)...

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