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Cover Picture: Gold(I)‐Template Catenane and Rotaxane Synthesis (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 37/2008)
Author(s) -
Goldup Stephen M.,
Leigh David A.,
Lusby Paul J.,
McBurney Roy T.,
Slawin Alexandra M. Z.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200890180
Subject(s) - catenane , rotaxane , nanotechnology , ligand (biochemistry) , materials science , crystallography , chemistry , molecule , supramolecular chemistry , organic chemistry , crystal structure , receptor , biochemistry
There's gold in them thar rings according to David Leigh and co‐workers in their Communication on page 6999 ff. The last of the simple metal coordination geometries—linear—has joined the family of metal–ligand arrangements that have been used to template the formation of the mechanical bond. Catenanes and rotaxanes can be easily synthesized using this versatile gold(I)‐directed assembly, suggesting that there may be plenty more treasure uncovered using this interlocking template system.