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Inside Cover: Simultaneous Self‐Assembly of a [2]Catenane, a Trefoil Knot, and a Solomon Link from a Simple Pair of Ligands (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 38/2013)
Author(s) -
Prakasam Thirumurugan,
Lusi Matteo,
Elhabiri Mourad,
PlatasIglesias Carlos,
Olsen JohnCarl,
Asfari Zouhair,
CianféraniSanglier Sarah,
Debaene François,
Charbonnière Loïc J.,
Trabolsi Ali
Publication year - 2013
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.201306198
Subject(s) - catenane , trefoil knot , covalent bond , chemistry , stereochemistry , self assembly , combinatorial chemistry , knot (papermaking) , crystallography , molecule , materials science , organic chemistry , knot theory , composite material
Three molecular links were prepared in one pot from a single pair of chelating ligands. In their Communication on page 9956 ff., L. J. Charbonnière, A. Trabolsi et al. describe the self‐assembly of a [2]catenane, a trefoil knot, and a Solomon link through combined metal templation, dynamic covalent‐bond formation, and noncovalent interactions. During the reaction, product evolution was monitored by mass spectrometry, which provided evidence for the mechanistic routes to all three products.