Reposted by James Ormson
Look
if you had one ring
with one Pd in it,
and pull everything onto one thread
in one moment.
would you break it
or just let it slip?
Great work by @jamesormson.bsky.social and @tomasnicolas.bsky.social now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! #chemsky
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Template‐Controlled Mechanochemical Dissociation of a Rotaxane
The presence or absence of the Pd template used in rotaxane formation selectively leads to two different mechanochemical dissociation pathways. The Pd maintains a smaller cavity size that favors diss....
