Design and Synthesis towards Novel Redox-active Mechanically-interlocked Molecules

Abstract

This thesis is about the design and synthesis of redox-active mechanically interlocked molecules. The work combines a designer approach towards the form and structure of these molecules with scientific method in endeavours of preparing these molecules. The general field of the work is in supramolecular chemistry and concerns thinking on how parts of a molecule work together in the whole structure. The work may be interesting for scientists working with mechanically interlocked molecules, systems chemistry, systems biology as well as researchers in organic chemistry, as this is the chemistry that was used in the synthetic procedures. To summarise, the work explores how parts of mechanically interlocked molecules relate with each other, how they move and rearrange. Synthetic strategies toward making these molecules are explored and presented in five project-based chapters.