Tuncel, D.Özsar, Ö.Tiftik, H. B.Salih, B.2016-02-082016-02-0820071359-7345http://hdl.handle.net/11693/23513A bistable CB6-based [3]rotaxane with two recognition sites has been prepared very efficiently in a high yield synthesis through CB6 catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition; this rotaxane behaves as a reversible molecular switch and exhibits conformational changes caused by the movement of rings under base, acid and heat stimuli from one location to the other. © The Royal Society of Chemistry.EnglishAlkane derivativeCatalysisChemical modificationCycloadditionMolecular recognitionSupramolecular chemistryArticle10.1039/b616764k