posted on 2018-03-20, 00:00authored byJames
E. M. Lewis, Florian Modicom, Stephen M. Goldup
We
describe a simple and high yielding active template synthesis
of [2]catenanes. In addition to mechanical bond formation using a
single premacrocycle bearing an azide and alkyne moiety, our method
is also suitable for the co-macrocyclization of readily available
bis-alkyne and bis-azide comonomers and even short alkyne/azide components
which oligomerize prior to mechanical bond formation.