Issue 17, 2003
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Chemical Communications

A rotaxane synthesis based on stilbene photoisomerization. A photoswitchable catch and release process†

Yuji Tokunaga,*a   Koichiro Akasaka,a   Kenji Hisada,b   Youji Shimomuraa  and  Suzuka Kakuchia  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui University, Fukui, 910-8507, Japan
E-mail: tokunaga@matse.fukui-u.ac.jp

b Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui University, Fukui, 910-8507, Japan

Abstract

A [2]rotaxane, having (Z)-α-methylstilbene as a stopper, is (1) synthesized in good yield by using a (E)- to (Z)-stilbene photoisomerization process, and (2) dissociated by reverse photoisomerization from (Z)- to (E)-stilbene.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B306349F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Jun 2003
Accepted
22 Jul 2003
First published
31 Jul 2003

Chem. Commun., 2003, 2250-2251

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A rotaxane synthesis based on stilbene photoisomerization. A photoswitchable catch and release process

Y. Tokunaga, K. Akasaka, K. Hisada, Y. Shimomura and S. Kakuchi, Chem. Commun., 2003, 2250 DOI: 10.1039/B306349F

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