Issue 10, 2010
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CrystEngComm

Closing the cavity: reactive and light switchable dienone-ether macrocycles†

Luke T. Higham,a   Janet L. Scott‡*a  and  Christopher R. Strauss*b  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry and Centre for Green Chemistry, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
E-mail: Janet.Scott@sci.monash.edu.au

b Queen's University Ionic Liquid Laboratories Research Centre, David Keir Building, Stranmillis Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK,
E-mail: Chris.Strauss@qub.ac.uk

Abstract

Dienone-ether macrocycles may be reversibly switched from the thermodynamically stable E,E,E,E-isomers, with an open central cavity, to globular, cavity-closed E,E,Z,Z-isomers by the action of sunlight. They are restored to their open forms by gentle heating, but more intense heating may result in an intramolecular reaction, closing the cavity in a less easily reversed fashion.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B926132J
Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Dec 2009
Accepted
11 Mar 2010
First published
15 Apr 2010

CrystEngComm, 2010,12, 2803-2808

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Closing the cavity: reactive and light switchable dienone-ether macrocycles

L. T. Higham, J. L. Scott and C. R. Strauss, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 2803 DOI: 10.1039/B926132J

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