Molecular folding screen: folding and unfolding of 1,8-anthrylene–ethynylene oligomers by photochemical cycloaddition and thermal cycloreversion

Shinji Toyota; Makoto Kuga; Akiko Takatsu; Michio Goichi; Tetsuo Iwanaga

doi:10.1039/B717496A

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Molecular folding screen: folding and unfolding of 1,8-anthrylene–ethynylene oligomers by photochemical cycloaddition and thermal cycloreversion¹ †

Shinji Toyota,*^a Makoto Kuga,^a Akiko Takatsu,^a Michio Goichi^a and Tetsuo Iwanaga^a

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Abstract

Molecular folding screens consisting of anthracene plates and acetylene linkers stereoselectively fold into a zigzag form by [4 + 4]photocycloaddition, and unfold by thermal cycloreversion.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B717496A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 12 Nov 2007
Accepted: 12 Dec 2007
First published: 15 Jan 2008

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Chem. Commun., 2008, 1323-1325

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Molecular folding screen: folding and unfolding of 1,8-anthrylene–ethynylene oligomers by photochemical cycloaddition and thermal cycloreversion

S. Toyota, M. Kuga, A. Takatsu, M. Goichi and T. Iwanaga, Chem. Commun., 2008, 1323 DOI: 10.1039/B717496A

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