Viologen-calix[6]arene pseudorotaxanes. Ion-pair recognition and threading/dethreading molecular motions

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 5881-5887

  Credi, Alberto ^a   Dumas, Stephane ^a   Silvi, Serena ^a   Venturi, Margherita ^a   Arduini, Arturo ^b   Pochini, Andrea ^b   Secchi, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOROTAXANES; TOSYLATE;

COMPLEXATION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARAFFINS; REDOX REACTIONS;

OLEFINS;

CALIXARENE; PSEUDOROTAXANE; ROTAXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIOLOGEN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LUMINANCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 4344580952     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0494127     Document Type: Article

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