Covalent Chemistry and Conformational Dynamics of Topologically Chiral Amide-Based Molecular Knots

Topologically Chiral Covalent Assemblies

Topologically Chiral Covalent Assemblies of Molecular Knots with Linear, Branched, and Cyclic Architectures

✍ Oleg Lukin; Takateru Kubota; Yoshio Okamoto; Astrid Kaufmann; Fritz Vögtle 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 208 KB

## Abstract Selectively functionalized molecular knots (__knotanes__) of the amide‐type have been used as building blocks in syntheses of higher covalent assemblies composed of up to four knotane units. Preparation of linear and branched tetraknotanes consisted of the consecutive selective removal