Selecting reactions and reactants using a switchable rotaxane organocatalyst with two different active sites† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Synthetic procedures and characterisation data. See DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03279a Click here for additional data file.

The activation mode of a rotaxane-based organocatalyst with both secondary amine and squaramide catalytic units can be switched with acid or base, affording different products from a mixture of three building blocks.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Chemical Science

• Publication date

  2014-11-13

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1039/c4sc03279aPMID 28553462PMCID 5424444
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