English Explanatory Dictionary

rotaxane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A complex of two molecules, one ring-shaped and the other dumbbell-shaped, with the dumbbell threaded through the ring and having end groups too large to pass through the ring.

Word forms

rotaxane rotaxanes

Derived words

oligorotaxane polyrotaxane pseudorotaxane
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