The widespread use of molecular machines in biology has long suggested that great
rewards could come from bridging the gap between synthetic molecular systems and the …

The history of isomeric types of organic molecules has passed through several important
stages:(1) Molecules that differ from each other with different numbers and types of atoms;(2) …

Although chiral mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have been synthesised and
studied, enantiopure examples are relatively under-represented in the pantheon of reported …

The active template approach to interlocked molecules takes advantage of the ability of
metal ions to both organize precursor fragments for mechanical bond formation and to …

More than a quarter of a century after the first metal template synthesis of a [2] catenane in
Strasbourg, there now exists a plethora of strategies available for the construction of …

In the 25 years since its Nobel Prize in chemistry, supramolecular chemistry based on
molecular recognition has been paid much attention in scientific and technological fields …

The active template synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecular architectures exploits
the dual ability of various structural elements (metals or, in the case of metal-free active …

The use of metal ions to template the synthesis of catenanes by Sauvage and co-workers
was a pivotal moment in the development of the field of interlocked molecules. In this …

The Sonogashira coupling of γ‐CD‐encapsulated alkynylpyrenes with terphenyl‐type
stopper molecules gave a doubly alkynylpyrene‐threaded [4] rotaxane. The rotaxane …

The main purpose of this article is to focus on the diversity created by substitution on
pyridine rings of 2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-terpyridines (tpy) allowing a fine-tuning of the ligand …