Unidirectional photoinduced shuttling in a rotaxane with a symmetric stilbene dumbbell

Up and down the dumbbell: Photoisomerization of a stilbene rotaxane results in relocation of the cyclodextrin macrocycle in just one direction (see scheme). This behavior, and that of related rotaxanes, sheds light on the mechanism of shuttling in molecular machines.

书目详细资料
Main Authors: Stanier, C, Alderman, S, Claridge, T, Anderson, H
格式: Journal article
语言:English
出版: 2002
实物特征
总结:Up and down the dumbbell: Photoisomerization of a stilbene rotaxane results in relocation of the cyclodextrin macrocycle in just one direction (see scheme). This behavior, and that of related rotaxanes, sheds light on the mechanism of shuttling in molecular machines.