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Shape-Switchable Azo-Macrocycles
Muri, Marcel,Schuermann, Klaus C.,De Cola, Luisa,Mayor, Marcel
experimental part, p. 2562 - 2575 (2009/09/25)
The synthesis of four shape-switchable macrocycles comprising different peripheral substituents is described. The macro- cycles 1-4 consist of m-terphenyl semicircles interlinked by two azo joints. These macrocycles were assembled from ni- tro-functionalized m-terphenyl moieties through reductive dimerization. The semicircles were assembled through Suzuki cross-coupling reactions. The molecular weights of the macrocycles were determined by vapour pressure osmome- try, because mass spectrometry failed in the cases of 2 and 3. The E - Z photoisomerization reactions were analysed by UV/Vis spectroscopy complemented by JH NMR studies. A very slow thermal back-reaction indicated considerable stabilization of the Z isomer. The reduced efficiency of the thermal back-reaction probably arises from the reduced degree of freedom due to the mechanical interlinking of the two azo groups. The photostationary state consisted of all-Z (85%) and all-E isomers (15 %). The E - Z transformation induced by irradiation displayed simple exponential kinetics, which indicates pairwise switching of the two azo groups in a macrocycle, at least on the timescale under investigation.
Shape-persistent macrocycle with a self-complementary recognition pattern based on diacetylene-linked alternating hexylbenzene and perfluorobenzene rings
Shu, Lijin,Mayor, Marcel
, p. 4134 - 4136 (2007/10/03)
The synthesis and characterization of a shape-persistent macrocycle, consisting of alternating electron rich and electron poor sub-units as a self-complementary recognition pattern, is reported, and its increased tendency to form dimer complexes in soluti
Synthesis and optical properties of novel blue fluorescent conjugated polymers
Baumgarten, Martin,Yueksel, Timucin
, p. 1699 - 1706 (2007/10/03)
In the present paper we describe new approaches towards the synthesis of conjugated polymers with defined conjugation length, resulting in a blue or green fluorescence. The new approach reported here is to use 1,3-phenylene (type 1) and 10,10'-bianthrylene (type 2) bridges of conjugated segments such as stilbenes and thiophenes which can easily be varied to further change the optical properties.