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any, other cartoons existed in the literature until the Stoddart group entered [
89
] the
field of MIMs in 1989 with a donor-acceptor [2]catenane [
102
]. The importance of
our contribution was in the way we communicated information about noncovalent
bonding interactions through the use of cartoons. We applied color (vide supra) and
rectangles to clarify the topology of the molecule, electronic nature of the
components (
donor or acceptor), and to emphasize the noncovalent bonds
involved in the formation of the catenane (Fig.
16b
).
Though we saw it as an effective means of communication, we received our
share of criticism. We nevertheless stuck to our guns with cartoons (Fig.
17
), and as
p
1989
1991
1993
1994
1995
1997
1996
1999
2000
Fig. 17 Chronologically arranged assortment of MIM cartoons from the Stoddart group
