Issue 18, 2013
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RSC Advances

E/Z Photochemical switches: syntheses, properties and applications

Cristina García-Iriepa,a   Marco Marazzi,a   Luis Manuel Frutos*a  and  Diego Sampedro*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
E-mail: luisma.frutos@uah.es
Fax: +34 91 885 4639
Tel: +34 91 885 2512

b Departamento de Química, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química (CISQ), Madre de Dios, 51, E-26006, Logroño, Spain
E-mail: diego.sampedro@unirioja.es
Fax: +34 941 299 621
Tel: +34 941 299 647

Abstract

Molecular switches based on E/Z photoisomerization have been used in different contexts in order to control a variety of processes in different systems, from peptide conformation control to molecular data storage devices, from catalysis to smart materials. The syntheses, properties and applications of several types of E/Z photochemical switches are presented with special attention paid to azobenzenes, overcrowded alkenes and switches based on the protonated Schiff base chromophore of rhodopsins.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA22363E
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
01 Oct 2012
Accepted
17 Dec 2012
First published
18 Dec 2012

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 6241-6266

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E/Z Photochemical switches: syntheses, properties and applications

C. García-Iriepa, M. Marazzi, L. M. Frutos and D. Sampedro, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 6241 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA22363E

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