Entangling strands in a well-ordered manner can produce useful effects, from shoelaces and
fishing nets to brown paper packages tied up with strings. At the nanoscale, non-crystalline …

Since the emergence of the concept of chemical topology, interlocked molecular assemblies
have graduated from academic curiosities and poorly defined species to become synthetic …

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 …

A triangular‐prism shaped cage was self‐assembled by the formation of a dynamic covalent
bond, namely a hydrazone, in acidic aqueous solution. The hexacationic host bears a …

Imine synthesis has enjoyed a long history as the dynamic covalent reaction of choice for the
construction of purely covalent molecular architectures. In organic solvents, the formation of …

Abstract The use of 2, 5‐diformylpyrrole in self‐assembly reactions with diamines and Zn
(II)/Cd (II) salts allowed the preparation of [2] catenane, trefoil knot, and Borromean rings …

Catalytic activity of copper (I) complexes supported by phenanthroline-containing catenane
ligands towards a new C (sp3)–O dehydrogenative cross-coupling of phenols and …

A branched [8] catenane from an efficient one‐pot synthesis (72% HPLC yield, 59% isolated
yield) featuring the simultaneous use of three kinds of templates and cucurbit [6] uril …

The length and constitution of spacers linking three 2, 6-pyridinedicarboxamide units in a
molecular strand influence the tightness of the resulting overhand (open-trefoil) knot that the …

Condensing a dihydrazide and each of a series of cationic bisaldehyde compounds bearing
polymethylene chains in weakly acidic water produces either a macrocycle in a [1+ 1] …