{{Chembox | Verifiedfields = changed | Watchedfields = changed | verifiedrevid = 445630363 | ImageFile = Olympiadane.svg | ImageSize = 400px | ImageAlt = Skeletal formula of olympiadane | ImageFile1 = Olympiadane ions spacefill.png | ImageSize1 = 400 | ImageAlt1 = Ball-and-stick models of the component ions of olympiadane | IUPACName = 6,9,12,15,18,29,32,35,38,41,52,55,58,61,64-pentadecaoxaheptacyclo[63.4.0.0<sup>5,69</sup>.0<sup>19,24</sup>.0<sup>23,28</sup>.0<sup>42,47</sup>.0<sup>46,51</sup>]nonahexaconta-1(69),2,4,19,21,23,25,27,42,44,46,48,50,65,67-pentadecaene;5,12,19,26-tetrazoniaheptacyclo[24.2.2.2<sup>2,5</sup>.2<sup>7,10</sup>.2<sup>12,15</sup>.2<sup>16,19</sup>.2<sup>21,24</sup>]tetraconta-1(29),2(40),3,5(39),7,9,12,14,16(34),17,19(33),21(32),22,24(31),26(30),27,35,37-octadecaene;dodecahexafluorophosphate | OtherNames = |Section1={{Chembox Identifiers | CASNo = 158394-29-7 | CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|CAS}} | PubChem = 71308249 | DTXSID = DTXSID40745443 | ChemSpiderID_Ref = {{chemspidercite|changed|chemspider}} | ChemSpiderID = 26000999 | SMILES =c1cc2c3cccc2OCCOCCOCCOCCOc4cccc5c4cccc5OCCOCCOCCOCCOc6cccc7c6cccc7OCCOCCOCCOCCOc3c1.c1cc2c3cccc2OCCOCCOCCOCCOc4cccc5c4cccc5OCCOCCOCCOCCOc6cccc7c6cccc7OCCOCCOCCOCCOc3c1.c1cc2ccc1C[n+]3ccc(cc3)-c4cc[n+](cc4)Cc5ccc(cc5)C[n+]6ccc(cc6)-c7cc[n+](cc7)C2.c1cc2ccc1C[n+]3ccc(cc3)-c4cc[n+](cc4)Cc5ccc(cc5)C[n+]6ccc(cc6)-c7cc[n+](cc7)C2.c1cc2ccc1C[n+]3ccc(cc3)-c4cc[n+](cc4)Cc5ccc(cc5)C[n+]6ccc(cc6)-c7cc[n+](cc7)C2.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F | StdInChI=1S/2C54H66O15.3C36H32N4.12F6P/c2*1-7-43-44-8-2-14-50(43)65-38-32-59-26-20-56-22-28-61-34-40-67-52-16-5-12-48-47(52)11-6-18-54(48)69-42-36-63-30-24-57-23-29-62-35-41-68-53-17-4-9-45-46(53)10-3-15-51(45)66-39-33-60-27-21-55-19-25-58-31-37-64-49(44)13-1;3*1-2-30-4-3-29(1)25-37-17-9-33(10-18-37)35-13-21-39(22-14-35)27-31-5-7-32(8-6-31)28-40-23-15-36(16-24-40)34-11-19-38(26-30)20-12-34;12*1-7(2,3,4,5)6/h2*1-18H,19-42H2;3*1-24H,25-28H2;;;;;;;;;;;;/q;;3*+4;12*-1 | StdInChIKey = ROLRJLKBOAVDIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N }} |Section2={{Chembox Properties | C=228 | H=236 | F=72 | N=12 | O=30 | P=12 | Appearance = | Density = | MeltingPt = | BoilingPt = | Solubility = }} |Section3={{Chembox Hazards | MainHazards = | FlashPt = | AutoignitionPt = }} }}
'''Olympiadane''' is a mechanically interlocked molecule composed of five interlocking macrocycles that resembles the Olympic rings. The molecule is a linear pentacatenane or a [5]catenane. It was synthesized and named by Fraser Stoddart and coworkers in 1994.<ref>{{ cite journal | first1 = D. B. | last1 = Amabilino | first2 = P. R. | last2 = Ashton | first3 = A. S. | last3 = Reder | first4 = N. | last4 = Spencer | first5= J. F. | last5 = Stoddart | title = Olympiadane | journal = Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. | volume = 33 | issue = 12 | pages = 1286–1290 | year = 1994 | doi = 10.1002/anie.199412861 }}</ref> The molecule was designed without any practical use in mind,<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/30/science/chemists-make-rings-of-interlocked-atoms-a-clue-to-life-s-origin.html|title = Chemists Make Rings Of Interlocked Atoms, A Clue to Life's Origin|first = M. W.|last = Browne|date = 30 August 1994|accessdate = 3 January 2016|newspaper = The New York Times}}</ref> although other catenanes may have possible application to the construction of a molecular computer.
==See also== *Olympicene
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