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ArticleNature chemistry2021

A molecular endless (7

David A Leigh, Jonathan J Danon, Stephen D P Fielden, Jean-François Lemonnier, George F S Whitehead, Steffen L Woltering

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed.

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6 authors.

David A LeighSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. david.leigh@manchester.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-4507
Jonathan J DanonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6242-1941
Stephen D P FieldenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7883-8135
Jean-François LemonnierDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2201-2788
George F S WhiteheadDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1949-4250
Steffen L WolteringDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9697-9019

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current strategies for the synthesis of molecular knots focus on twisting, folding and/or threading molecular building blocks. Here we report that Zn(II) or Fe(II) ions can be used to weave ligand strands to form a woven 3 × 3 molecular grid. We found that the process requires tetrafluoroborate anions to template the assembly of the interwoven grid by binding within the square cavities formed between the metal-coordinated criss-crossed ligands. The strand ends of the grid can subsequently be joined through within-grid alkene metathesis reactions to form a topologically trivial macrocycle (unknot), a doubly interlocked [2]catenane (Solomon link) and a knot with seven crossings in a 258-atom-long closed loop. This 7

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