P. Ashton, Sayeedha Iqbal, J. Stoddart
1996
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Chemical Communications
Abstract
A [2]pseudorotaxane, consisting of the cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) tetracation complexing a polyether chain intercepted in its middle by a hydroquinone ring and terminated at each end by 12-crown-4 macrocycles, undergoes disassembly readily in acetonitrile solution on addition of alkali metal salts.