rotaxane

English

Graphical representation of a rotaxane.

Noun

rotaxane (plural rotaxanes)

1. (physical chemistry) 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.

Derived terms

• oligorotaxane
• polyrotaxane
• pseudorotaxane

Translations

molecular complex shaped like a dumbbell threaded through a ring

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轮烷 (lún wán)

• French: rotaxane (fr) m
• German: Rotaxan n
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: rotaxano m