Issue 46, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Photoisomerization locking of azobenzene by formation of a self-assembled macrocycle†

Masaki Yamamura,a   Yuki Okazakia  and  Tatsuya Nabeshima*a  

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a Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TIMS), Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Japan
E-mail: nabesima@chem.tsukuba.ac.jp
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Abstract

Reaction of an azobenzene-linked biscatecholate ligand with boron and titanium sources gave ring- and cage-shaped complexes in a self-assembly fashion, respectively. These complexes were inert to photoisomerization though the ligand itself was isomerized upon photoirradiation. The self-assembled macrocyclization caused inhibition of the photoisomerization.

Graphical abstract: Photoisomerization locking of azobenzene by formation of a self-assembled macrocycle

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC18014F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Dec 2011
Accepted
27 Jan 2012
First published
17 Feb 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 5724-5726

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Photoisomerization locking of azobenzene by formation of a self-assembled macrocycle

M. Yamamura, Y. Okazaki and T. Nabeshima, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5724 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18014F

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