A simple molecular machine operated by photoinduced proton transfer

Serena Silvi; Arturo Arduini; Andrea Pochini; Andrea Secchi; Massimiliano Tomasulo; Françisco M. Raymo; Massimo Baroncini; Alberto Credi

doi:10.1021/ja0753851

A simple molecular machine operated by photoinduced proton transfer

Serena Silvi, Arturo Arduini, Andrea Pochini, Andrea Secchi, Massimiliano Tomasulo, Françisco M. Raymo, Massimo Baroncini, Alberto Credi

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Abstract

The threading-dethreading of a photoinactive pH-switchable calix[6]arene bipyridinium pseudorotaxane in solution has been controlled by visible light irradiation using a merocyanine compound as a photoacid. The coupling between the two molecular switches that communicate with one another by intermolecular proton transfer provides a general principle for the operation of acid-base controllable molecular machines with light.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	13378-13379
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	129
Issue number	44
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0753851
State	Published - Nov 7 2007

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A simple molecular machine operated by photoinduced proton transfer. / Silvi, Serena; Arduini, Arturo; Pochini, Andrea; Secchi, Andrea; Tomasulo, Massimiliano; Raymo, Françisco M.; Baroncini, Massimo; Credi, Alberto.

In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 129, No. 44, 07.11.2007, p. 13378-13379.

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