Sodium and barium cation-templated synthesis and cation-induced molecular pirouetting of a pyridine N-oxide containing [2]rotaxane

Laura M Hancock; Paul D Beer

doi:10.1039/c1cc11224d

Sodium and barium cation-templated synthesis and cation-induced molecular pirouetting of a pyridine N-oxide containing [2]rotaxane

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jun 7;47(21):6012-4. doi: 10.1039/c1cc11224d. Epub 2011 Apr 11.

Authors

Laura M Hancock¹, Paul D Beer

Affiliation

¹ Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK.

PMID: 21483948
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc11224d

Abstract

Sodium and barium metal cation templation has been used to construct a novel pyridine N-oxide containing [2]rotaxane. Upon addition and removal of metal cations, the macrocyclic component is observed to undergo a pirouetting motion around the pyridine N-oxide axle.