Organic Letters 2011-12-02

Supramolecular shuttle based on inclusion complex between cucurbit[6]uril and bispyridinium ethylene.

Viktor Kolman, Muhammad S A Khan, Martin Babinský, Radek Marek, Vladimir Sindelar

Index: Org. Lett. 13(23) , 6148-51, (2011)

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Abstract

Cucurbit[6]uril (CB6) and bispyridinium ethylene form a stable inclusion complex. A rotaxane derived from this complex was prepared in which a CB6 wheel shuttles along an axle in an NMR time-resolved regime.