Issue 38, 2018

Light-driven exchange between extended and contracted lasso-like isomers of a bistable [1]rotaxane

Abstract

The synthesis of a set of benzylic amide [1]rotaxanes via a self-templating clipping approach is described. This methodology supposes the 1 + 1 coupling of isophthaloyl dichloride with an acyclic diamine precursor incorporating a templating arm. The structure of the threaded compounds was determined both in solution and in the solid state. The conversion into the corresponding unthreaded isomers, also obtained by deslipping of [2]rotaxane models, was evaluated in competitive and non-competitive hydrogen-bonding solvents. The switch of the extended and contracted lasso-like isomers of a bistable [1]rotaxane by an olefin isomerization promoted by UV light irradiation was also accomplished and their ring positional integrity was examined.

Graphical abstract: Light-driven exchange between extended and contracted lasso-like isomers of a bistable [1]rotaxane

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Sep 2018
Accepted
12 Sep 2018
First published
13 Sep 2018

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018,16, 6980-6987

Light-driven exchange between extended and contracted lasso-like isomers of a bistable [1]rotaxane

A. Saura-Sanmartin, A. Martinez-Cuezva, A. Pastor, D. Bautista and J. Berna, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018, 16, 6980 DOI: 10.1039/C8OB02234H

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