Table 1 Rate constants, half-lives and activation Gibbs free energies for the dethreading of the pseudorotaxanes ROT1–11 in DMSO-d6

From: Programmable molecular dethreading towards tunable drug release

Entry

Pseudorotaxane

T [K]

k × 105 [s−1]

t1/2 [h]a

ΔG [kcal mol−1]a,b

1

ROT1

294

25.7 ± 0.7

0.75

22.03

2

ROT2

294

10.0 ± 0.3

1.9

22.58

3

ROT3

294

0.71 ± 0.03

27

24.12

4

ROT4

333

18.0 ± 0.6

1.07

25.27

5

ROT5

333

7.46 ± 0.08

2.58

25.853

6

ROT6

333

7.4 ± 0.2

2.60

25.86

7

ROT7

333

0.91 ± 0.02

21.2

27.25

8

ROT8

373

13.4 ± 0.2

1.44

28.61

9

ROT9

373

4.42 ± 0.06

4.36

29.43

10

ROT10

373

5.0 ± 0.1

3.85

29.33

11

ROT11

373

0.82 ± 0.02

23.5

30.69

  1. aSee Supporting Information Section 6 for uncertainty analysis.
  2. bCalculated using the unimolecular Eyring equation at the respective reaction temperature.