Issue 99, 2015

Coupled molecular motions driven by light or chemical inputs: spiropyran to merocyanine isomerisation followed by pseudorotaxane formation

Abstract

We have designed and prepared a new dual stimuli-responsive guest molecule containing a spiropyran fragment and a pyridinium moiety. Acid addition or UV-light irradiation induces guest transformation to a merocyanine isomer, promoting the threading motion through a 24-crown-8 macrocycle and the formation of a [2]pseudorotaxane complex.

Graphical abstract: Coupled molecular motions driven by light or chemical inputs: spiropyran to merocyanine isomerisation followed by pseudorotaxane formation

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Aug 2015
Accepted
09 Oct 2015
First published
09 Oct 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 17564-17567

Author version available

Coupled molecular motions driven by light or chemical inputs: spiropyran to merocyanine isomerisation followed by pseudorotaxane formation

D. Hernández-Melo and J. Tiburcio, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 17564 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC07056B

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