Toward interlocked molecules beyond catenanes and rotaxanes

Organic Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2943-2946

  Chang, Theresa ^a   Heiss, Aaron M ^a   Cantrill, Stuart J ^a   Fyfe, Matthew C T ^a   Pease, Anthony R ^a   Rowan, Stuart J ^a   Stoddart, J Fraser ^a   Williams, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000047771     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol006187g     Document Type: Article

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