Jun 032011
The 2011 Diamond Annual Review, which highlights some of the world-class research recently undertaken at Diamond Light Source is now available from their website. The report includes a contribution from Prof. Paul Beer covering some of the fascinating interlocked structures determined from data collected using the Small Molecule Beamline, I19, as part of the Oxford Block Allocation Group (BAG). Highlights of their work include a novel halogen bonded rotaxane and the first reported crystal structure of a “handcuff catenane”.
Structure of a handcuff catenane