[2]catenane – TechConnect Briefs

Noncovalent Catenation between Metal-Ligand Coordination Macrocycles and _-Cyclodextrin

Liu Y., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US

Here we describe our findings on the facile preparation of first [2]catenanes from metal-ligand coordination macrocycles and b-CD ring. The [2]catenane formation is illustrated in Figure 1. Coordination between a divalent ligand and Pd(II) spontaneously [...]