All catenane articles
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NewsNew results vindicate suspect 63-year-old claim on synthesis of first catenane
Researchers hoping to debunk Edel Wasserman’s doubted claims of the first interlinked rings end up supporting them
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ResearchChemical chainmail constructed from interlocked coordination polymers
Simple synthesis yields an ‘infinite’ structure with applications in flexible materials
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ResearchMolecular motor running on electricity mimics biological motors
The nanomachine is based on a [3]catenane and isn’t operated through a microscope tip, unlike others
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ResearchClippanes join rotaxanes and catenanes in mechanically interlocked molecule family
Keck-clip molecules consist of two entangled gold–carbene metallotweezers
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Research‘Nanolympiadane’ created from supramolecular building blocks
A self-assembly approach has enabled the synthesis of large interlocked rings including a structure that resembles the Olympic logo
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![An image showing a [2]catenane](https://d2cbg94ubxgsnp.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/0/0/4/504004_fja0c01757_0007.jpeg_49119.jpg)
ResearchMechanical protecting group shields molecules from stress and strain
Catenane makes force-activated molecules more resistant mechanical bond breaking
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![An image showing the bonding pattern of [2]catenane](https://d2cbg94ubxgsnp.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/2/8/7/503287_c9cc09483kf2_286914.png)
ResearchAromaticity lends stability to carbon-only catenanes
Catenanes of newly discovered C18 rings are theoretically possible thanks to the kinetic quirks of aromaticity
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ResearchFirst molecular knots made from just benzene rings
Catenane and trefoil knot are the first mechanically interlocked molecules made from only carbon and hydrogen
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ResearchFloppiness scale untangles knotted molecules
Chemists use floppiness factor to characterise mechanically interlocked molecules using mass spectrometry
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![Structural Characterization of r[5]C24+](https://d2cbg94ubxgsnp.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/2/4/0/138240_CHEMPR499-10-7b.jpg)
ResearchMolecular necklace with record 24 positive charges made
Supercharged catenane squeezes 24 positive charges into five-ring interlocked system
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![Metallated poly[n]catenane](https://d2cbg94ubxgsnp.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/3/7/6/134376_Wu-12-01-17-11.jpg)
ResearchLongest molecular chain paves way to interlocked polymers
Polymers made of mechanically interlocked molecules could make for strong but flexible materials
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ResearchInterlocked molecules encircle stable radicals
Catenane radicals with up to seven oxidation states might one day be used in memory devices