Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
Abstract:
A 'figure-of-eight'-shaped molecule with Pd(ii) at the node was self-assembled into an unprecedented circular tris2]catenane via reversible double catenation at both loops of the 'figure-of-eight' molecule.