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SUBMITTER: Ng AWH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6071691 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ng Antony Wing Hung AWH Yee Chi-Chung CC Wang Kai K Au-Yeung Ho Yu HY
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20180720
We report here the efficient synthesis of a series of [3]catenanes featuring the use of cucurbit[6]uril to simultaneously mediate the mechanical and covalent bond formations. By coupling the mechanical interlocking with covalent macrocyclization, formation of topological isomers is eliminated and the [3]catenanes are formed exclusively in good yields. The efficient access to these [3]catenanes and the presence of other recognition units render them promising building blocks for the construction ...[more]