A Kinetic Self-Sorting Approach to Heterocircuit [3]Rotaxanes.
Edward A NealStephen Michael GoldupPublished in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2016)
In this proof-of-concept study, an active-template coupling is used to demonstrate a novel kinetic self-sorting process. This process iteratively increases the yield of the target heterocircuit [3]rotaxane product at the expense of other threaded species.