Electrochemical properties of 3,5-diphenylaniline units encapsulated within a crown ether. Effects of the macrocycle’s aromatic functionality and ring size
component and crownethers as the macrocyclic component, prepared through imine formation and hydrogen bond—guided self-assembly. Electrochemical studies of these [2]rotaxanes revealed that the oxidation potential of the aniline moiety when positioned within the cavity of a crownether was shifted negatively relative to that of the corresponding dumbbell-shaped compound, and that a crownether possessing