A mechanical "flip-switch". Interconversion between co-conformations of a [2]rotaxane with a single recognition site

Stephen J Loeb; Jorge Tiburcio; Sarah J Vella

doi:10.1039/b517642e

A mechanical "flip-switch". Interconversion between co-conformations of a [2]rotaxane with a single recognition site

Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Apr 21:(15):1598-600. doi: 10.1039/b517642e. Epub 2006 Mar 9.

Authors

Stephen J Loeb¹, Jorge Tiburcio, Sarah J Vella

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. loeb@uwindsor.ca

PMID: 16582991
DOI: 10.1039/b517642e

Abstract

[2]Rotaxanes utilising the 1,2-bis(pyridinium)ethane, 24-crown-8 motif can exist in two distinct co-conformations whose relative abundances are solvent dependent.