Switching a molecular shuttle on and off: simple, pH-controlled pseudorotaxanes based on cucurbit[7]uril
- 31 March 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 20,p. 2185-2187
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b601959e
Abstract
Cucurbit[7[uril, the wheel component in two new and structurally simple pseudorotaxanes, shuttles between the two axle termini at low pH, whereas the shuttling motion stops at higher pH, as the wheel is bound to the center of the axle.Keywords
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