J. Fraser Stoddart

TL;DR: In this paper, the self-assembly of three rotaxanes incorporating one, two and three bisparaphenylene-34-crown-10 macrocyclic components and a single branched component, consisting of three bipyridinium units attached covalently to a 1,3,5-trisubstituted benzene central core and each bearing at its other end a substituted tetraarylmethane blocking group, is described.

TL;DR: Mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy have confirmed the integrity of the 1:1 adduct beyond the solid state, provided the solvents are relatively apolar (e.g., chloroform and acetonitrile).

TL;DR: It is argued that the many aspects of beauty in MIMs are relevant, not only to the pleasure chemists derive from their research, but also to the progress of the research itself.

TL;DR: A dendrimer with rotaxane-like characteristics has been assembled under thermodynamic control from complementary wedge-shaped precursors by slippage in CH(2)Cl(2).

TL;DR: Thermally driven motions between the neighboring NDI units in the oligorotaxanes influence the passage of electrons through the NDI stacks in a manner reminiscent of the conformationally gated charge transfer observed in DNA.