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β-cyclodextrin pseudo[1]rotaxane with room temperature phosphorescence addresses.
Chem Commun 50:3224–3226
32. Franchi P, Fanì M, Mezzina E, Lucarini M (2008) Increasing the persistency of stable freeradicals: synthesis and characterization of a nitroxide based [1]rotaxane. Org Lett
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pseudo[1]rotaxane from a flexible cyclodextrin derivative. J Am Chem Soc 130:17062–17069
34. Yamauchi K, Miyawaki A, Takashima Y, Yamaguchi H, Harada A (2010) Switching from
altro-α-cyclodextrin dimer to pseudo[1]rotaxane dimer through tumbling. Org Lett
12:1284–1286
35. Legros V, Vanhaverbeke C, Souard F, Len C, Désiré J (2013) Β-cyclodextrin–glycerol dimers:
synthesis and NMR conformational analysis. Eur J Org Chem 2013:2583–2590
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supramolecular system based on cobalt coordinated [1]rotaxane. Org Biomol Chem
9:1126–1132
37. Liu Y, Chipot C, Shao X, Cai W (2014) Threading or tumbling? Insight into the self-inclusion
mechanism of an altro-α-cyclodextrin derivative. J Phys Chem C 118:19380–19386
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Spencer N, Stoddart JF, Tolley MS, Williams DJ (1998) A molecular chameleon: chromophoric
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(2017) Temperature-driven planar chirality switching of a pillar[5]arene-based molecular universal joint. Angew Chem Int Ed 56:6869–6873
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catenane-type pillar[5]thiacrown whose planar chiral inversion is triggered by metal cation and
controlled by anion. J Am Chem Soc 140:9669–9677
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and pretzelane based on sn–porphyrin and crown ether. Eur J Org Chem 2011:7271–7277
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a pH-sensitive double-lasso molecular machine readily synthesized from an ends-activated [c2]
daisy chain. Chem Sci 3:1851–1857
106
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