READ ME File For 'Dataset in support of the thesis 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to Mechanical Stereochemistry'' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3254 ReadMe Author: Peter Robert Gallagher, University of Southampton, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5501-523X This dataset supports the thesis entitled, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Mechanical Stereochemistry AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton DATE OF AWARD: 2025 DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA This dataset contains: NMR spectra (MNova format), Chemdraw schemes. HPLC and CD spectra, crystallographic data, MS data. The dataset is composed of three folders, each relating to an individual published research chapter. Data_archive_Chapter_2.zip contains the dataset relating to: J. R. J. Maynard, P. Gallagher, D. Lozano, P. Butler, S. M. Goldup, Nat. Chem. 2022, 14, 1038–1044. Data_archive_Chapter_3.zip contains the dataset relating to: P. R. Gallagher, A. Savoini, A. Saady, J. R. J. Maynard, P. W. V. Butler, G. J. Tizzard, and S. M. Goldup, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 9134-9141. Data_archive_Chapter_4.zip contains the dataset relating to: A. Savoini, P. R. Gallagher, A. Saady, and S. M. Goldup, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 8472-8479. Date of data collection: 09/2020 - 07/2024 Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton Licence: Creative Commons Attribution Related projects/Funders: Mechanical Chirality: Synthesis, Properties and Applications at a New Horizon in Supramolecular Stereochemistry Design of Enantioselective Supramolecular Organo-sulfur Catalysts Based on Catenanes and Rotaxanes Related publication: J. R. J. Maynard, P. Gallagher, D. Lozano, P. Butler, S. M. Goldup, Nat. Chem. 2022, 14, 1038–1044. DOI: 10.1038/s41557-022-00973-6 P. R. Gallagher, A. Savoini, A. Saady, J. R. J. Maynard, P. W. V. Butler, G. J. Tizzard, and S. M. Goldup, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 9134-9141. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14329 A. Savoini, P. R. Gallagher, A. Saady, and S. M. Goldup, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 8472-8479. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14594 Date that the file was created: 09/2024