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Molecular knots absolute configuration

How is the absolute configuration of chiral molecular knots determined? What rules should be applied? For centrochiral compounds, the CIP rules are applied, for axially chiral is described here and ...
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Catenane optical activity

Would a [2]catenate whose each ring consist of a different number of methylene groups only, be optically active if one hydrogen atom of a random methylene group is replaced with e.g. chlorine? I think ...
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