Self-assembling tetrathiafulvalene-based rotaxanes and catenanes

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 624-633

  Li, Zhan Ting ^a   Stein, Paul C ^a   Becher, Jan ^a   Jensen, Dorthe ^a   Mørk, Pernille ^a   Svenstrup, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Catenanes; Macrocycles; Rotaxanes; Self assembly; Tetrathiafulvalenes

Indexed keywords

CATENANES; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEXAFLUOROPHOSPHATES; MACROCYCLES; ROTAXANES; STACKING INTERACTION; SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TETRATHIAFULVALENES;

ISOMERS; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; REDOX REACTIONS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0000647283     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.19960020605     Document Type: Article

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