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Rotaxane vs Dethreading - What's the difference?

rotaxane | dethreading |

As nouns the difference between rotaxane and dethreading

is that rotaxane is any complex of two molecules, one of which has the form of a ring, the other having the form of a rod, passing through the ring, and having end-groups too large to pass through the ring while dethreading is any process in which the threaded structure of a molecule (such as a rotaxane) is disrupted.

rotaxane

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any complex of two molecules, one of which has the form of a ring, the other having the form of a rod, passing through the ring, and having end-groups too large to pass through the ring

    • Derived terms

    *pseudorotaxane

    dethreading

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any process in which the threaded structure of a molecule (such as a rotaxane) is disrupted