The design of synthetic analogs to biological molecular machines offers a new vista for chemists. In this issue of Chem, McTernan et al. report an artificial synthesizer reminiscent of natural assemblers. This molecular machine is capable of forming sequence-defined oligomers by the Wittig reaction, a transformation not found in nature.

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在正确的“轨道”上进行人工组装

生物分子机器合成类似物的设计为化学家提供了新的视野。在Chem杂志中，McTernan等人。报告了一种人工合成器，让人联想到自然组装者。该分子机器能够通过维蒂希反应形成序列定义的低聚物，这是自然界中未发现的转化。