Eryazici Ibrahim, Wang Pingshan, Moorefield Charles N, Panzer Matthew, Durmus Semih, Shreiner Carol D, Newkome George R
Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4717, USA.
Dalton Trans. 2007 Feb 14(6):626-8. doi: 10.1039/b616014j. Epub 2007 Jan 9.
The self-assembly of 3,5-bis(2,2':6',2''-terpyridin-4'-phen-3-yl)toluene with an equimolar amount of a Fe(II) salt afforded a high yield of an interlocked dinuclear tetracationic "molecular gear" that was confirmed by single crystal X-ray data.