Issue 20, 2001

First molecular switch encapsulated within the cavities of a zeolite. A dramatic lifetime increase of the charge-separated state

Abstract

A [2]-catenane consisting of a bipyridinium cyclophane and a dioxybenzene macrocyclic polyether has been encapsulated within the supercages of zeolite Y by ship-in-a-bottle synthesis; laser flash photolysis reveals that the charge-separated species decays in hundreds of microseconds in contrast to the few picoseconds previously reported for the same transient in acetonitrile.

Graphical abstract: First molecular switch encapsulated within the cavities of a zeolite. A dramatic lifetime increase of the charge-separated state

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 May 2001
Accepted
07 Sep 2001
First published
24 Sep 2001

Chem. Commun., 2001, 2106-2107

First molecular switch encapsulated within the cavities of a zeolite. A dramatic lifetime increase of the charge-separated state

M. Álvaro, M. N. Chretien, B. Ferrer, V. Fornés, H. García and J. C. Scaiano, Chem. Commun., 2001, 2106 DOI: 10.1039/B104206H

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