Abstract
Stereochemistry-in both its static and dynamic variants-has progressed apace now for more than a century to incorporate all aspects of covalent, coordinative, and noncovalent bonding at levels of structure which encompass constitution, configuration, and conformation. The advent of the mechanical bond in more recent times is now providing opportunities for the emergence of new stereochemical tenets and concepts, some of which bear close analogies with those of days gone by in chemistry. Since terminology helps to define and disseminate a discipline, we advocate that the term " mechanostereochemistry" be used to describe the chemistry of molecules with mechanical bonds.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1569-1574 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2010 |
Funding
We thank the Fermilab staff and the technical staffs of the participating institutions for their vital contributions. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and National Science Foundation; the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare; the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan; the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; the National Science Council of the Republic of China; the Swiss National Science Foundation; the A. P. Sloan Foundation; the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Germany; and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation.
Keywords
- Catenanes
- Mechanical bonds
- Mechanically interlocked molecules
- Molecular recognition
- Molecular switches
- Rotaxanes
- Self-assembly
- Template-directed synthesis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering