A new macrocycle that forms pseudorotaxane-like complexes with dibenzylammonium ions

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 4239-4242

  Cheng, Pin Nan ^a   Hung, Wei Chung ^a   Chiu, Sheng Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crown ether; Dibenzyl ammonium ion; Pseudorotaxane

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; ROTAXANE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; MOLECULE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 19044400693     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.04.063     Document Type: Article

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