Molecular Russian dolls

Hierarchical non-intertwined ring-in-ring complexes are intriguing but challenging supramolecular targets. Here, the authors describe a box-in-box assembly based on radical-pairing interactions between two rigid diradical dicationic cyclophanes; the inner box can further accommodate guests to form R...

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Main Authors: Kang Cai, Mark C. Lipke, Zhichang Liu, Jordan Nelson, Tao Cheng, Yi Shi, Chuyang Cheng, Dengke Shen, Ji-Min Han, Suneal Vemuri, Yuanning Feng, Charlotte L. Stern, William A. Goddard, Michael R. Wasielewski, J. Fraser Stoddart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07673-1