Fig. 5: Synthesis of [3]catenane and [5]catenane.
From: Masked alkynes for synthesis of threaded carbon chains
![Fig. 5: Synthesis of [3]catenane and [5]catenane.](http://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41557-023-01374-z/MediaObjects/41557_2023_1374_Fig5_HTML.png)
a, Reaction scheme for catenane synthesis. b, Solid-state structure of the [3]catenane mcC40·(Ma)2. Thermal ellipsoids plotted at the 40% level. The macrocycles are coloured green, the phosphene ligands are blue and the oxygen atoms of the carbonyl ligands are red. c, nESI mass spectrum of the [5]rotaxane mcC80·(Ma)4 compared with the calculated isotopomer distribution for [M + 4H]4+.