Abstract 'Impossible'rotaxanes, which are constituted by interlocked components without
obvious binding motifs, have attracted the interest of the mechanically interlocked molecules …

Removing the nitrogen atom from secondary amines while simultaneously linking the
remaining fragments is a powerful form of late-stage skeletal editing. Here, we report its use …

Artificial molecular muscles are highly attractive in the field of molecular machinery due to
their unique properties of contraction and stretching motion. However, the synthesis of …

A dual-stimulus-driven stiff-stilbene-based dynamic [3] rotaxane has been facilely developed
using the threading–stoppering strategy and exhibits reversible shuttling motions and …

The synthesis of [2] rotaxanes stoppered with one or two dipyrromethane groups has
opened a route for the construction of mechanically interlocked molecules incorporating …

An iridium‐conjoined long and narrow metallorectangle was obtained by combining a
quinoxalinophenanthrophenazine‐connected Janus‐di‐imidazolylidene ligand and …

Stepwise dissipative control of two distinct motions, ie, shuttling and sliding, is demonstrated
in a single multicomponent device. When [2] rotaxane 1, which acts as a biped, and deck 2 …

Abstract Design and synthesis of higher order catenane are unexpectedly complex and
involve precise cooperation among the precursors overcoming competing and opposing …

As a unique property of the interlocked structures, rotaxane allows for intramolecular
motions between its wheel and axle components. Introduction of rotaxanes into polymers …

Significance: The paper reports an interlocking figure-of-eight (Fo8) rotaxane molecular
shuttle. The two ends of a chain molecule hosting two recognition sites (ammonium and N …