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Pure Appl. Chem., 2008, Vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 485-506

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200880030485

Template-directed synthesis of donor/acceptor [2]catenanes and [2]rotaxanes

Kirsten E. Griffiths 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, USA

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