Theory and experiment in concert: Templated synthesis of amide rotaxanes, catenanes, and knots

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4777-4789

  Schalley, Christoph A ^a   Reckien, Werner ^a   Peyerimhoff, Sigrid ^a   Baytekin, Bilge ^a   Vögtle, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catenanes; Density functional calculations; Rotaxanes; Supramolecular chemistry; Template synthesis; Trefoil knots

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONFORMATIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RELIABILITY;

AMIDE CATENANES; AMIDE ROTAXANES; TREFOILS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AMIDE; CATENANE; LACTAM; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; ROTAXANE; TREFOIL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYCLIZATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HYDROGEN BOND; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 5544224732     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200400365     Document Type: Article

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