Side-chain poly[2]catenanes at the click of a switch! A bistable side-chain poly[2]catenane has been synthesized and found to form hierarchical self-assembled hollow superstructures of nanoscale dimensions in solution. Molecular electromechanical switching (see picture) of the material is demonstrat... | PMID: 19180620

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We report the synthesis, solid-state and preliminary solution properties of a flavin-based [2]catenane. | PMID: 19030536

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We reported previously that Coprinus cinereus Lim15/Dmc1 (CcLim15), a meiosis-specific recA-like protein, could specifically activate C. cinereus DNA topoisomerase II (CcTopII). In particular, it enhanced the catenation activity of CcTopII in vitro at the meiotic prophase stage (Iwabata K, Koshiyama... | PMID: 18274769

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Dinuclear square metallocycles 3a,b assemble spontaneously when M(en)(OTf)2 (M = Pd, Pt) and a 4,4'-bipyridinium ligand are mixed in acetonitrile. Six new [3]catenanes were prepared in good yields by thermodynamically driven self-assembly reaction of molecular squares 3a,b and pi-complementary dioxo... | PMID: 17956095

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The conformational interconversions of four [2]catenanes (1-4) containing a dibenzo-34-crown-10 ether (BPP34C10) interlocked with rings containing two 4,4'-dipyridiniums tethered by 1,3-bis(ethyloxy)phenyl and bis(p-benzyl)methyl spacers have been studied by VT 1H NMR spectroscopy. Symmetrically pla... | PMID: 17630801

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We report here their thermodynamically controlled synthesis from isolated pi-donor and pi-acceptor rings under the catalytic influence of tetra butylammonium iodide. The initial nucleophilic attack of iodide ion, which opens up the pi-acceptor ring, is followed by complexation to the pi-donor ring a... | PMID: 17670941

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This paper describes the self-assembly of a new class of three-component dynamic [2]catenanes, which are driven or stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonding, coordination, and electrostatic interaction. One of the component molecules 2, consisting of an aromatic oligoamide spacer and two periphe... | PMID: 17348710

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The exclusive formation of hydrogen-bonded dimers between tetraaryl and tetratosylurea calix[4]arenes has been used to prepare a series of ten "bisloop" tetraurea calix[4]arenes 3, in which adjacent phenylurea groups are covalently linked through alpha,omega-dioxyalkane chains. This dimerization wit... | PMID: 17465427

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A new type of 1D infinite inorganic [n]catenane framework was self-assembled by silver nitrate and bis(2-methylimidazolyl)methane, while a comparatively one-dimensional zigzag cationic chain was generated by AgNO(3) and bis(imidazol-1-yl)methane. | PMID: 17146520

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The interweaving of two identical acyclic positively charged anion recognizing units around a chloride anion template leads to the formation of an orthogonal supramolecular ensemble which upon subsequent double ring cyclization gives a chloride selective [2]catenane in very high yield. | PMID: 17047808

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The rational development of a general anion templation strategy for the construction of a variety of interpenetrated and interlocked molecular structures based upon the coupling of anion recognition with ion-pairing is described. The success of this anion templation methodology is demonstrated with... | PMID: 16703125

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A triptycene-based homotritopic host was designed and synthesized. Assembly of the host with a bisbenzylammonium salt containing terminal double bonds resulted in a tris[2]pseudorotaxane, which further performed the threefold metathesis reaction and then hydrogenation to give a [4]pseudocatenane in... | PMID: 16173739

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We report the synthesis of a [2]catenate using a square planar palladium(II) template, together with two isomers of the interlocked structure: a single tetradentate macrocycle that adopts a "figure of eight" conformation to encapsulate the metal and a complex in which the two macrocycles of the cate... | PMID: 16144409

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Concatenated macrocycles containing manisyl-substituted tridentate ligands 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine and 2-pyridin-2-yl-1,10-phenanthroline (simply referred to as terpyridine and pyridyl-phenanthroline herein) have been prepared via dual cyclization procedures. The manisyl derivative (manisyl = 4-meth... | PMID: 16106292

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A rare class of mixed-metal [2]catenane has been assembled via magic ring synthesis of dinuclear copper(II) and gold(III) dithiocarbamate macrocycles. | PMID: 15856100

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We prepared dynamic combinatorial libraries in which reversibly binding building blocks assemble around a receptor target. We selected for an acetylcholine receptor by adding the neurotransmitter to solutions of dipeptide hydrazones [proline-phenylalanine or proline-(cyclohexyl)alanine], which rever... | PMID: 15761119

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In the title compound, [Cu(C15H20N2O4)]n, the copper(II) coordination is square planar. The anionic L-tyrosyl-L-leucinate ligand binds in an N,N',O-tridentate mode to one Cu(II) cation on one side and in an O-monodentate mode to a second Cu(II) cation on the other side, thus defining -Cu-O-C-O-Cu'-... | PMID: 15876711

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We describe a minimal two-state mechanism for a catenane-based molecular motor. Although fluctuations caused by equilibrium processes cannot drive directed motion, nonequilibrium fluctuations, whether generated externally or by a far-from-equilibrium chemical reaction, can drive rotation even agains... | PMID: 15677314

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The circumrotation of a submolecular fragment in either direction in a synthetic molecular structure is described. The movement of a small ring around a larger one occurs through positional displacements arising from biased Brownian motion that are kinetically captured and then directionally release... | PMID: 15567858

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A protein molecule exists in either a compact folded state or a variable and open unfolded state. Since the unfolded state is favored by chain entropy, restricting its entropy is an attractive mechanism for shifting the equilibrium toward the folded state. A number of entropy-based strategies have b... | PMID: 14967059

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