Volume 123, Issue 18 pp. 4237-4241
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Macrocycle Size Matters: “Small” Functionalized Rotaxanes in Excellent Yield Using the CuAAC Active Template Approach

Hicham Lahlali

Hicham Lahlali

School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Joseph Priestley Building, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS (UK)

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Kajally Jobe

Kajally Jobe

School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Joseph Priestley Building, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS (UK)

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Michael Watkinson

Michael Watkinson

School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Joseph Priestley Building, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS (UK)

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Dr. Stephen M. Goldup

Corresponding Author

Dr. Stephen M. Goldup

School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Joseph Priestley Building, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS (UK)

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First published: 01 April 2011
Citations: 38

We thank Majid Motevalli for assistance with the X-ray crystal structure of rotaxane 6. This work was supported by the Leverhulme Trust (Early Career Fellowship to S.M.G.), the Royal Society, and Q.M.U.L.. S.M.G. is a Royal Society Research Fellow. CuAAC=copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition.

Graphical Abstract

Größer ist nicht immer besser: Für die Azid-Alkin-Klickreaktion mit aktivem Templat wurde überraschend gefunden, dass kleinere Makrocyclen zu höheren Ausbeuten an [2]Rotaxan führen (siehe Schema). Der Ansatz wurde zur Synthese von „kleinen“ Rotaxanen mit potenziellen Anwendungen in der molekularen Elektronik, im Wirkstofftransport, in der Sensorik und in der enantioselektiven Katalyse genutzt.

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