Synthesis of a five-membered molecular necklace: A 2+2 approach

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 637-641

  Roh, Soo Gyun ^a   Park, Ki Min ^a   Park, Gil Jae ^a   Sakamoto, Shigeru ^b   Yamaguchi, Kentaro ^b   Kim, Kimoon ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catenanes; Copper; N ligands; Rotaxanes; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LIGAND; PHENANTHROLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033104834     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990301)38:5<637::aid-anie637>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Article

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