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Elegance and precision are shown in the self-assembly strategy developed by Stoddart, Atwood, and co-workers for the synthesis of molecular Borromean rings. Metal-ion template effects direct the dynamic formation of covalent bonds, which result in the energetically favorable product having the highly symbolic ring motif (see picture).
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Christoph A. Schalley (2004) studied this question.
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