Chiang T.-HTsou C.-YChang Y.-HLai C.-CCheng R.PRICHARD PING CHENGSHENG-HSIEN CHIU2022-04-252022-04-25202115237060https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85111234660&doi=10.1021%2facs.orglett.1c01945&partnerID=40&md5=6428cd31a4e31e64949dafef4e4c0a8dhttps://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/606917We report a new slippage system based on p-tert-butylbenzyl-terminated imidazolium ions and di(ethylene glycol)-containing macrocycles and their use as linking units for the construction of a prototypical molecular "Lock & Lock"box from a resorcinarene-based cavitand "bowl"and a porphyrin "cover". The multivalent structure with four slippage linkers provided the molecular box with high stability, yet the system dissociated into its two components upon application of suitable external stimuli. ?[SDGs]SDG3journal article10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01945342408772-s2.0-85111234660