Gold–copper dynamic self-assembly of a nanohoop catenane (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Gold–copper dynamic self-assembly of a nanohoop catenane

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By combining dynamic gold(I)–carbon σ-bonds with copper(I)–nitrogen coordination bonds, the researchers assembled a [2]catenane composed of two nitrogen-containing cycloparaphenylenes in fewer synthetic steps than conventional approaches.

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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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