Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2005, 70, 1493-1576
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20051493

Exploring Dynamics and Stereochemistry in Mechanically-Interlocked Compounds

Scott A. Vignon and J. Fraser Stoddart*

California NanoSystems Institute and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, U.S.A.

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