Meaning & use
Catenanes
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Molecules made of two or more interlocked rings that are mechanically bonded rather than joined by a chemical bond.
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Chemists synthesized catenanes to study how interlocked rings could be used in molecular machines.
The Nobel-winning research on molecular machines built on early work with catenanes and rotaxanes.
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The name comes from Latin "catena" (chain), reflecting the chain-link structure of these interlocked molecular rings.
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