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Olympiadane

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Olympiadane
Skeletal formula of olympiadane
Ball-and-stick models of the component ions of olympiadane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
  • c1cc2c3cccc2OCCOCCOCCOCCOc4cccc5c4cccc5OCCOCCOCCOCCOc6cccc7c6cccc7OCCOCCOCCOCCOc3c1.c1cc2c3cccc2OCCOCCOCCOCCOc4cccc5c4cccc5OCCOCCOCCOCCOc6cccc7c6cccc7OCCOCCOCCOCCOc3c1.c1cc2ccc1C[n+]3ccc(cc3)-c4cc[n+](cc4)Cc5ccc(cc5)C[n+]6ccc(cc6)-c7cc[n+](cc7)C2.c1cc2ccc1C[n+]3ccc(cc3)-c4cc[n+](cc4)Cc5ccc(cc5)C[n+]6ccc(cc6)-c7cc[n+](cc7)C2.c1cc2ccc1C[n+]3ccc(cc3)-c4cc[n+](cc4)Cc5ccc(cc5)C[n+]6ccc(cc6)-c7cc[n+](cc7)C2.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F
Properties
C228H236F72N12O30P12
Molar mass 5364.020 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Olympiadane is a mechanically-interlocked molecule composed of five interlocking macrocycles that resembles the Olympic rings. The molecule is a linear pentacatenane or a [5]catenane. It was synthesized and named by Fraser Stoddart and coworkers in 1994.[1] The molecule was designed without any practical use in mind,[2] although other catenanes may have possible application to the construction of a molecular computer.

See also

References

  1. ^ Amabilino, D. B.; Ashton, P. R.; Reder, A. S.; Spencer, N.; Stoddart, J. F. (1994). "Olympiadane". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 33 (12): 1286–1290. doi:10.1002/anie.199412861.
  2. ^ Browne, M. W. (30 August 1994). "Chemists Make Rings Of Interlocked Atoms, A Clue to Life's Origin". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2016.