Steric Engineering of Rotaxane Catalysts: Benefits and Limits of Using the Mechanical Bond in Catalyst Design

Affiliations

• ¹ Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45141, Essen, Germany.
• ² Institut des Sciences Moléculaires (ISM), CNRS UMR 5255, University of Bordeaux, 33400, Talence, France.
• ³ Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Soft Nanoscience (SoN), University of Muenster, Busso-Peus-Strasse 10, 48149, Muenster, Germany.
• ⁴ Faculty of Chemistry (Physical Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45141, Essen, Germany.
• ⁵ Macromolecular Chemistry and Bavarian Centre for Battery Technology (BayBatt), University of Bayreuth, Weiherstrasse 26, 95448, Bayreuth, Germany.
• ⁶ School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.