1.1. History and Background Knots and links are all around us (Figure 1). Be they functional
or decorative, we encounter them constantly, when, for example, tying simple bow knots in …

How and why do molecules tangle or thread? Investigations of molecular knots (knotanes)
may shed some light on the mechanisms of (supra) molecular templation and the folding of …

Chirality typically arises in molecules because of a rigidly chiral arrangement of covalently
bonded atoms. Less generally appreciated is that chirality can arise when molecules are …

Poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG)-substituted cyclodextrin (CD) with an azobenzene group at the
terminal of the PEG chain (6-Az-PEG600-HyCiO-β-CD) was synthesized. The conformation …

Are they still electrifying? Electrochemically switchable rotaxanes are well known for their
ability to efficiently undergo changes of (co-) conformation and properties under redox …

The synthesis of rotaxanes, catenanes, and trefoil knotanes can only be efficiently
accomplished, when a suitable template effect is used that provides a means either to thread …

This work reports the assembly, topological structure, supramolecular isomerism and
luminescence of three solvent-controlled families of coordination compounds,[Zn (bpz) 2 …

A [3] rotaxane molecular shuttle containing two α‐cyclodextrin (α‐CD) macrocycles, an
azobenzene unit, a stilbene unit, and two different fluorescent naphthalimide units has been …

The way in which molecules are imagined and subsequently represented in drawings or
models is a fundamental part of the chemist's activity. In this tutorial review we shall discuss …

The reactions of 3, 4-bis (4-pyridinesulfanylmethyl) thiophene (L) with CuI in various solvent
conditions led to the formation of four supramolecular isomers containing different solvent …