TY - JOUR
T1 - Reimagining Wasserman's catenane
T2 - A journey from past to present (1960–2023)
AU - Ahn, Daehyun
AU - Kabir, Nowshin
AU - Prakasam, Thirumurugan
AU - Trabolsi, Ali
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and the NYUAD Water Research Center, funded by Tamkeen under a NYUAD Research Institute Award (project CG007 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2023/6/8
Y1 - 2023/6/8
N2 - Over the past three decades, the development of analytical tools has enabled the study of increasingly complex mechanically interlocked molecules. The first synthesis of a [2]catenane, by Edel Wasserman in 1960, was controversial because it lacked experimental evidence. Recently in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Leigh and co-workers have re-examined this pioneering synthesis by using modern techniques to affirm its structure.
AB - Over the past three decades, the development of analytical tools has enabled the study of increasingly complex mechanically interlocked molecules. The first synthesis of a [2]catenane, by Edel Wasserman in 1960, was controversial because it lacked experimental evidence. Recently in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Leigh and co-workers have re-examined this pioneering synthesis by using modern techniques to affirm its structure.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.05.014
DO - 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.05.014
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85160589546
SN - 2451-9308
VL - 9
SP - 1357
EP - 1359
JO - Chem
JF - Chem
IS - 6
ER -