Despite the fact that artificial molecular machines are on the rise, there is a long way to go to
eventually fill the yawning gap that exists between biological and man-made machines in
terms of both their mechanisms of action and efficiencies of operation. Herein, we describe
our recent efforts directed towards the development of a second-generation (more efficient)
artificial molecular pump–a wholly synthetic compound, which operates to compartmentalise
highly charged rings in a high-energy state on an oligomethylene chain. The optimized …