Olympiadane

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Olympiadane
Systematic name	Olympiadane
Chemical formula	CxHxNxOx
Molar mass	xx.xx g/mol
Density	x.xxx g/cm³
Melting point	xx.x °C
Boiling point	xx.x °C
CAS number	[xx-xx-xx]
SMILES	xxxxx
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Olympiadane is a mechanically-interlocked molecule composed of five interlocking macrocyles that resembles the Olympic rings. The molecule is a linear pentacatenane or a [5]catenane. It was synthesized and named by Stoddart and coworkers in 1994. The molecule was designed without any practical use in mind,[1] although other catenanes may have possible application to the construction of a molecular computer.

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D.B. Amabilino, P.R. Ashton, A.S. Reder, N. Spencer and J.F. Stoddart. Olympiadane. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 33, 1286-1290. 1994.