Looking at the IUPAC Blue Book, I noticed that the words “catenane”, “rotaxane” (or “interlocked”, “mechanical bond”, …) do not appear within the rules of nomenclature. Given that a catenane or rotaxane is typically considered a single molecule, I was wondering how these compounds are named. I have read on Wikipedia that catenanes with n bonds are referred to as a [n]-catenanes… but how are specific compounds named?
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4$\begingroup$ See also Nomenclature for rotaxanes and pseudorotaxanes (IUPAC Recommendations 2008) $\endgroup$– user7951Commented Aug 13, 2016 at 14:18
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