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Organic Chemicals > Rotaxanes

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Rotaxanes  

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Entry terms

  • Rotaxane

Note

  • coord with specific Cat D chemical structure term if pertinent; TAXANES is also available

Scope note

  • Complex compounds in which a dumbbell shaped molecule is encircled by a macrocycle. They are named after rota (wheel) and axis (axle). Notation with a prefix is used to indicate the number of interlocked components. They have potential use in NANOTECHNOLOGY. Rotaxanes have been made with CYCLODEXTRINS and CYCLIC ETHERS.

History note

  • 2004

In other languages

  • rotakseenit

    Finnish

  • polyrotakseeni
  • polyrotakseenit
  • pseudorotakseeni
  • pseudorotakseenit
  • rotakseeni
  • Rotaxaner

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D043862

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