Gold–Copper Dynamic Assembly of an N-Doped [2]Catenane (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Gold–Copper Dynamic Assembly of an N-Doped [2]Catenane

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Researchers combine dynamic gold(I)–carbon σ-bonds and copper(I)–nitrogen coordination bonds to synthesize an interlocked [2]catenane composed of two N-doped cycloparaphenylene-based nanohoops. The resulting structure exhibits guest-induced biasing of its co-conformational handedness in the presence of chiral CASA-Na complexes.

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Assistant Professor Yoshitaka Tsuchido from Tokyo University of Science, Japan; and Associate Professor Tomohito Ide from National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College (NITTC), Japan

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