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Triply Threaded [4]Rotaxanes (2016)
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Danon, J., Leigh, D., McGonigal, P., Ward, J., & Wu, J. (2016). Triply Threaded [4]Rotaxanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(38), 12643-12647. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b07733

[4]Rotaxanes featuring three axles threaded through a single ring have been prepared through active metal template synthesis. Nickel-catalyzed sp3-sp3 homocouplings of alkyl bromide ‘half threads’ through 37- and 38-membered 2,2':6',2"-terpyridyl mac... Read More about Triply Threaded [4]Rotaxanes.

Hydroacenes made easy by gold(I) catalysis (2016)
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Dorel, R., McGonigal, P., & Echavarren, A. (2016). Hydroacenes made easy by gold(I) catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(37), 11120-11123. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201604952

A novel strategy for the synthesis of partially saturated acene derivatives has been developed based on a AuI-catalyzed cyclization of 1,7-enynes. This method provides straightforward access to stable polycyclic products featuring the backbone of the... Read More about Hydroacenes made easy by gold(I) catalysis.

Influence of constitution and charge on radical pairing interactions in tris-radical tricationic complexes (2016)
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Cheng, C., Cheng, T., Xiao, H., Krzyaniak, M., Wang, Y., McGonigal, P., …Stoddart, J. (2016). Influence of constitution and charge on radical pairing interactions in tris-radical tricationic complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(26), 8288-8300. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b04343

The results of a systematic investigation of trisradical tricationic complexes formed between cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) bisradical dicationic (CBPQT2(•+)) rings and a series of 18 dumbbells, containing centrally located 4,4′-bipyridinium radical... Read More about Influence of constitution and charge on radical pairing interactions in tris-radical tricationic complexes.

Design and Synthesis of Nonequilibrium Systems (2015)
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Cheng, C., McGonigal, P., Stoddart, J., & Astumian, R. (2015). Design and Synthesis of Nonequilibrium Systems. ACS Nano, 9(9), 8672-8688. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b03809

The active transport of ions and molecules across cell membranes is essential to creating the concentration gradients that sustain life in all living organisms, be they bacteria, fungi, plants, animals or Homo sapiens. Nature uses active transport ev... Read More about Design and Synthesis of Nonequilibrium Systems.

Electrochemically addressable trisradical rotaxanes organized within a metal–organic framework (2015)
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McGonigal, P., Deria, P., Hod, I., Moghadam, P., Avestro, A., Horwitz, N., …Stoddart, J. (2015). Electrochemically addressable trisradical rotaxanes organized within a metal–organic framework. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(36), 11161-11168. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514485112

The organization of trisradical rotaxanes within the channels of a Zr6-based metal–organic framework (NU-1000) has been achieved postsynthetically by solvent-assisted ligand incorporation. Robust ZrIV–carboxylate bonds are forged between the Zr clust... Read More about Electrochemically addressable trisradical rotaxanes organized within a metal–organic framework.

An artificial molecular pump (2015)
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Cheng, C., McGonigal, P. R., Schneebeli, S. T., Li, H., Vermeulen, N. A., Ke, C., & Stoddart, J. F. (2015). An artificial molecular pump. Nature Nanotechnology, 10(6), 547-553. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.96

Carrier proteins consume fuel in order to pump ions or molecules across cell membranes, creating concentration gradients. Their control over diffusion pathways, effected entirely through noncovalent bonding interactions, has inspired chemists to devi... Read More about An artificial molecular pump.

Tunable solid-state fluorescent materials for supramolecular encryption (2015)
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Hou, X., Ke, C., Bruns, C. J., McGonigal, P. R., Pettman, R. B., & Stoddart, J. F. (2015). Tunable solid-state fluorescent materials for supramolecular encryption. Nature Communications, 6, Article 6884. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7884

Tunable solid-state fluorescent materials are ideal for applications in security printing technologies. A document possesses a high level of security if its encrypted information can be authenticated without being decoded, while also being resistant... Read More about Tunable solid-state fluorescent materials for supramolecular encryption.

An ExBox [2] catenane (2014)
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Juricek, M., Barnes, J. C., Strutt, N. L., Vermeulen, N. A., Ghooray, K. C., Dale, E. J., …Stoddart, J. F. (2014). An ExBox [2] catenane. Chemical Science, 5(7), 2724-2731. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sc00488d

Formation of a hetero[3]rotaxane by a dynamic component-swapping strategy (2014)
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Wilson, E. A., Vermeulen, N. A., McGonigal, P. R., Avestro, A., Sarjeant, A. A., Stern, C. L., & Stoddart, J. F. (2014). Formation of a hetero[3]rotaxane by a dynamic component-swapping strategy. Chemical Communications, 50(68), 9665-9668. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc03612c

Acid-catalysed scrambling of the mechanically interlocked components between two different homo[3]rotaxanes, constituted of dumbbells containing two secondary dialkylammonium ion recognition sites encircled by two [24]crown-8 rings, each containing a... Read More about Formation of a hetero[3]rotaxane by a dynamic component-swapping strategy.

Gold(I) as an Artificial Cyclase: Short Stereodivergent Syntheses of (−)-Epiglobulol and (−)-4β,7α- and (−)-4α,7α-Aromadendranediols (2014)
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Carreras, J., Livendahl, M., McGonigal, P. R., & Echavarren, A. M. (2014). Gold(I) as an Artificial Cyclase: Short Stereodivergent Syntheses of (−)-Epiglobulol and (−)-4β,7α- and (−)-4α,7α-Aromadendranediols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53(19), 4896-4899. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201402044

Three natural aromadendrane sesquiterpenes, (−)‐epiglobulol, (−)‐4β,7α‐aromadendranediol, and (−)‐4α,7α‐aromadendranediol, have been synthesized in only seven steps in 12, 15, and 17 % overall yields, respectively, from (E,E)‐farnesol by a stereodive... Read More about Gold(I) as an Artificial Cyclase: Short Stereodivergent Syntheses of (−)-Epiglobulol and (−)-4β,7α- and (−)-4α,7α-Aromadendranediols.

Pillar[5]arene as a Co-Factor in Templating Rotaxane Formation (2013)
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Ke, C., Strutt, N. L., Li, H., Hou, X., Hartlieb, K. J., McGonigal, P. R., …Stoddart, J. F. (2013). Pillar[5]arene as a Co-Factor in Templating Rotaxane Formation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(45), 17019-17030. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja407229h