Constructing molecular machinery: A chemically-switchable [2]catenane [11]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3542-3543

  Balzani, Vincenzo ^a,d   Langford, Steven J ^b   Raymo, Françisco M ^c   Fraser Stoddart, J ^a   Venturi, Margherita ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATENANE;

CHEMICAL BINDING; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOMERISM; LETTER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POTENTIOMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034639919     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja994454b     Document Type: Letter

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