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Cyclodextrins, Off‐the‐Shelf Components for the Construction of Mechanically Interlocked Molecular Systems
Author(s) -
Stoddart J. Fraser
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199208461
Subject(s) - molecular machine , threading (protein sequence) , nanotechnology , rotaxane , off the shelf , polymer , catenane , polymer science , molecule , materials science , chemistry , supramolecular chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , composite material , manufacturing engineering , biochemistry , protein structure
Titillating games of “molecular artists” or serious attempts at the production of new, functionalized materials? This question arises in the evaluation of several recent articles by Kaifer et al., Wenz et al., Harada et al., and Macartney et al. on the threading of cyclodextrins on “thin” molecules. If these “threads” are short, [2] rotaxanes result; if they are polymers, polyrotaxanes are the products. One thing remains certain: cyclodextrins will continue to inspire imaginative projects.