Issue 14, 2015

Photodriven [2]rotaxane–[2]catenane interconversion

Abstract

A [2]rotaxane, whose thread component comprises a central dibenzylammonium group and 9-alkoxyanthracene stoppers and is hosted by a 24-dibenzo-8-crown bead, undergoes an efficient photocatenation step resulting in a [2]rotaxane-to-[2]catenane topology interconversion via a fully reversible [4π+4π] photocyclomerization of terminal anthracene groups.

Graphical abstract: Photodriven [2]rotaxane–[2]catenane interconversion

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Nov 2014
Accepted
05 Jan 2015
First published
05 Jan 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 2810-2813

Author version available

Photodriven [2]rotaxane–[2]catenane interconversion

A. Tron, H. Jacquot de Rouville, A. Ducrot, J. H. R. Tucker, M. Baroncini, A. Credi and N. D. McClenaghan, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 2810 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09472G

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