Orlandini Guido, Ragazzon Giulio, Zanichelli Valeria, Secchi Andrea, Silvi Serena, Venturi Margherita, Arduini Arturo, Credi Alberto
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Jun 1;53(45):6172-6174. doi: 10.1039/c7cc02859h.
We describe the active template effect of a calix[6]arene host towards the alkylation of a complexed pyridylpyridinium guest. The acceleration of the reaction within the cavity is significant and rim-selective, enabling the efficient preparation of rotaxanes with full control of the mutual orientation of their nonsymmetric components.