Linear π-Acceptor-Templated Dynamic Clip
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Liana M. Klivansky; Gayane Koshkakaryan; Dennis Cao; Yi Liu
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract **Cage me!** A linear dumbbell‐shaped bipyridinium molecule can template cage formation around itself through sixfold imine bond formation to give an interlocked [2]rotaxane as the single product (see picture). This highly efficient [2+3] clipping occurs despite the symmetry mismatch be