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 …

From being an aesthetic molecular object to a building block for the construction of
molecular machines, catenanes and related mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) …

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 …

Molecular knots attract attention on account of their topological intricacies and potential
application. Tying molecular knots with different topologies, on larger length scales, remains …

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 …

Rotaxanes, pseudorotaxanes, and catenanes have attracted the interest of many
researchers because of the special features provided by the mechanical bond. The selective …

Two novel compounds, a molecular trefoil knot and a Solomon link, were constructed
successfully through the cooperation of multiple π–π stacking interactions. A reversible …

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 …

A doubly-interlocked [2] catenane–or Solomon link–undergoes a complex conformational
change upon addition of sulfate in methanol. This transformation generates a single pocket …

We present herein the development of a new polycationic cyclophane: the “red box”, second
in a series of hydrazone-based analogues of the well-known organic receptor cyclobis …