Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2003, 68, 1488-1514
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20031488

Redox-Induced Ring Shuttling and Evidence for Folded Structures in Long and Flexible Two-Station Rotaxanes

Tohru Yamamotoa, Hsian-Rong Tsenga, J. Fraser Stoddarta,*, Vincenzo Balzanib, Alberto Credib, Filippo Marchionib and Margherita Venturib,*

a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, U.S.A.
b Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy

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