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Fast Electrochemically Induced Translation of the Ring in a Copper‐Complexed [2]Rotaxane: The Biisoquinoline Effect
Author(s) -
Durola Fabien,
Sauvage JeanPierre
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200604815
Subject(s) - rotaxane , ring (chemistry) , copper , translation (biology) , steric effects , chelation , chemistry , unit (ring theory) , crystallography , stereochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , crystal structure , supramolecular chemistry , biochemistry , mathematics education , mathematics , messenger rna , gene
On the fast track : A molecular shuttle has been synthesized, whose ring incorporates an 8,8′‐diphenyl‐3,3′‐biisoquinoline chelating unit. This unit is both endocyclic and not sterically hindering (see picture), which leads to remarkably fast shuttling motions (milliseconds) of the copper‐complexed ring between two stations.