Pillar[5]arene-based [1]rotaxane: high-yield synthesis, characterization and application in Knoevenagel reaction

• DOI: 10.1039/c7cc02364b
• Publication Date: 2017-04-12T17:23:43Z
• Authors: Xu-Sheng Du; Chun-Yu Wang; Qiong Jia; Rong Deng; Hua-Sheng Tian; Hou-Yu Zhang; Kamel Meguellati; Ying-Wei Yang
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Quantitative synthesis of a pillararene-based [1]rotaxane has been achieved via a “self-threading-stoppering” approach, followed by its first application in organic catalysis.