Issue 43, 2013

Increasingly twisted push–pull oligothiophenes and their planarization in confined space

Abstract

A series of systematically deplanarized push–pull oligothiophenes is designed and synthesized to determine the perfect twist for maximal spectroscopic response to their planarization within lipid bilayer membranes. Weak deplanarization naturally gives weak shifts, but strong deplanarization also gives weak shifts because planarization becomes impossible. Intermediate deplanarization turns out to be ideal. The shifts found in response to chromophore planarization are not as dramatic as with lobsters during cooking but sufficient to discriminate solid-ordered and liquid-disordered membranes with the naked eye.

Graphical abstract: Increasingly twisted push–pull oligothiophenes and their planarization in confined space

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Aug 2013
Accepted
21 Aug 2013
First published
12 Sep 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013,11, 7467-7471

Increasingly twisted push–pull oligothiophenes and their planarization in confined space

D. Alonso Doval and S. Matile, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 7467 DOI: 10.1039/C3OB41706A

This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. You can use material from this article in other publications without requesting further permissions from the RSC, provided that the correct acknowledgement is given.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements