The nature of mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) has continued to encourage
researchers to design and construct a variety of high-performance materials. Introducing …

Mechanically interlocked polymers (MIPs), such as polyrotaxanes and polycatenanes, are
polymer architectures that incorporate a mechanical bond. In a polyrotaxane, 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) …

Formation of an imine—from an amine and an aldehyde—is a reversible reaction which
operates under thermodynamic control such that the formation of kinetically competitive …

The tetracationic cyclophane, cyclobis (paraquat‐p‐phenylene), also known as the little blue
box, constitutes a modular receptor that has facilitated the discovery of many host–guest …

Molecular nanotopology—a term we coined recently—is a rapidly developing field of
research that is emerging out of the confluence of chemical topology with the mechanical …

This review highlights developments since 2008 in the field of polypseudorotaxanes and
polyrotaxanes. Progress in synthetic polyrotaxane chemistry has resulted in the preparation …

The ability of the diradical dicationic cyclobis (paraquat-p-phenylene)(CBPQT2 (•+)) ring to
form inclusion complexes with 1, 1′-dialkyl-4, 4′-bipyridinium radical cationic (BIPY•+) …

The beauty and utility of interlocked architectures have been making their way relentlessly
into chemistry in the form of mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) for almost half a …

Folding is a ubiquitous process that nature uses to control the conformations of its molecular
machines, allowing them to perform chemical and mechanical tasks. Over the years …