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Theoretical design of a dual-motor nanorotator composed of all-carboatomic cyclo[18]carbon and a figure-of-eight carbon hoop.

Zeyu LiuXia WangTian LuXiufen YanJiaojiao WangYang WuJingbo XuZhibo Xie
Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2023)
A novel supramolecular complex (2C 18 @OPP) constructed from two kinds of unique nanorings, all-carboatomic cyclo[18]carbon (C 18 ) and figure-of-eight carbon hoop (OPP), has been studied theoretically from the perspective of an extraordinary dual-motor nanorotator. The rotational barrier of C 18 in OPP is extremely small at ambient temperature, implying the possibility of the host-guest complex as an ultrafast nanorotator. The rotational characteristics and thermodynamic stability of the nanorotator at different temperatures were then explored. The rotational behaviors of the two C 18 rings in OPP are basically independent of each other. The supramolecule investigated in this work is the first example of a dual-motor nanorotator that promises to be an important building block for constructing complicated molecular machines.
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