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Inside Cover: Active Esters as Pseudostoppers for Slippage Synthesis of [2]Pseudorotaxane Building Blocks: A Straightforward Route to Multi‐Interlocked Molecular Machines (Chem. Eur. J. 26/2016)
Author(s) -
Legigan Thibaut,
RissYaw Benjamin,
Clavel Caroline,
Coutrot Frédéric
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201601890
Subject(s) - rotaxane , molecular machine , palindrome , slippage , computer science , chemistry , molecule , stereochemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , supramolecular chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , crispr , gene , biochemistry
Synthesizing a palindromic [3]rotaxane molecular machine using [2]rotaxane building‐blocks. The picture represents the famous intriguing “ Rotas or Sator Square”, i.e., a word square that contains a Latin palindrome that can be built from stone blocks. The sentence, which can be read in all directions, combines the words “ rotas” , meaning wheel, and “ opera” for task. A chemical analogy can be found with symmetrical rotaxane architectures, in which the motion of a chemical wheel can be linked to work. In their article, F. Coutrot et al. describe the synthesis of a pH‐sensitive [3]rotaxane palindromic molecular machine from novel appealing isolable and storable activated [2]rotaxane building‐blocks. More information can be found in the Full Paper by F. Coutrot et al. on page 8835 ff.