Mechanically interlocked materials. Rotaxanes and catenanes beyond the small molecule

S Mena-Hernando, EM Pérez - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
A mechanical bond presents a combination of the best features of covalent and
supramolecular chemistries (stability and structural integrity), plus a unique dynamic nature …

Polycatenanes Formed of Self‐Assembled Metal‐Organic Cages

J Martí‐Rujas, A Famulari - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly‐[n]‐catenanes (PCs) self‐assembled of three‐dimensional (3D) metal organic
cages (MOCs)(hereafter referred to as PCs‐MOCs) are a relatively new class of …

Poly[n]catenanes: Synthesis of molecular interlocked chains

Q Wu, PM Rauscher, X Lang, RJ Wojtecki, JJ De Pablo… - Science, 2017 - science.org
As the macromolecular version of mechanically interlocked molecules, mechanically
interlocked polymers are promising candidates for the creation of sophisticated molecular …

Woven polymer networks via the topological transformation of a [2] catenane

G Li, L Wang, L Wu, Z Guo, J Zhao, Y Liu… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Weaving technology has been widely used to manufacture macroscopic fabrics to meet the
artistic and practical needs of humanity for thousands of years. However, the fabrication of …

Coupling of the decarboxylation of 2‐cyano‐2‐phenylpropanoic acid to large‐amplitude motions: a convenient fuel for an acid–base‐operated molecular switch

JA Berrocal, C Biagini, L Mandolini… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The decarboxylation of 2‐cyano‐2‐phenylpropanoic acid is fast and quantitative
when carried out in the presence of 1 molar equivalent of a [2] catenane composed of two …

Topologically Controlled Syntheses of Unimolecular Oligo[n]catenanes

ND Colley, MA Nosiglia, SL Tran, GH Harlan… - ACS Central …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Catenanes are a well-known class of mechanically interlocked molecules that possess
chain-like architectures and have been investigated for decades as molecular machines and …

Metalation/Demetalation as a Postgelation Strategy To Tune the Mechanical Properties of Catenane-Crosslinked Gels

MA Nosiglia, ND Colley, MK Danielson… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) possess unique architectures and nontraditional
degrees of freedom that arise from well-defined topologies that are achieved through …

Variations in the fuel structure control the rate of the back and forth motions of a chemically fuelled molecular switch

C Biagini, S Albano, R Caruso, L Mandolini… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
This work deals with the use of 2-cyano-2-arylpropanoic acids as chemical fuels for an acid–
base operated molecular switch that consists of a Sauvage-type catenand composed of two …

The effect of thread-like monomer structure on the synthesis of poly [n] catenanes from metallosupramolecular polymers

MM Tranquilli, BW Rawe, G Liu, SJ Rowan - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The main-chain poly [n] catenane consists of a series of interlocked rings that resemble a
macroscopic chain-link structure. Recently, the synthesis of such intriguing polymers was …

Dissipative Dynamic Libraries (DDLs) and Dissipative Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry (DDCC)

D Del Giudice, E Spatola, M Valentini… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This Concept is focused on the key features of dissipative dynamic combinatorial chemistry
(DDCC). DDCC deals with transient libraries of compounds, maintained out‐of‐equilibrium …