Issue 1, 2015

Selecting reactions and reactants using a switchable rotaxane organocatalyst with two different active sites

Abstract

The activation mode of a rotaxane-based organocatalyst with both secondary amine and squaramide catalytic units can be switched with acid or base. The macrocycle blocks whichever of the catalytic sites it is positioned over. The switchable rotaxane catalyst generates different products from a mixture of three building blocks according to the location of the macrocyclic ring in the rotaxane.

Graphical abstract: Selecting reactions and reactants using a switchable rotaxane organocatalyst with two different active sites

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
26 Oct 2014
Accepted
13 Nov 2014
First published
13 Nov 2014
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Sci., 2015,6, 140-143

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Selecting reactions and reactants using a switchable rotaxane organocatalyst with two different active sites

J. Beswick, V. Blanco, G. De Bo, D. A. Leigh, U. Lewandowska, B. Lewandowski and K. Mishiro, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 140 DOI: 10.1039/C4SC03279A

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