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Chemical Communications

Fluorescent molecular spring that visualizes the extension and contraction motions of a double-stranded helicate bearing terminal pyrene units triggered by release and binding of alkali metal ions†

Daisuke Taura, ORCID logo ab   Kaori Shimizu,b   Chiaki Yokota,b   Riho Ikeda,a   Yoshimasa Suzuki,b   Hiroki Iida, ORCID logo ‡b   Naoki Ousaka ORCID logo ab  and  Eiji Yashima ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
E-mail: yashima@chembio.nagoya-u.ac.jp

b Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan

Abstract

A novel double-stranded spiroborate helicate bearing terminal pyrene residues exhibited reversible fluorescence color changes (green and blue colors) due to the unique unidirectional springlike motions of the helicate triggered by catch and release of alkali metal ions.

Graphical abstract: Fluorescent molecular spring that visualizes the extension and contraction motions of a double-stranded helicate bearing terminal pyrene units triggered by release and binding of alkali metal ions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC06126F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Aug 2019
Accepted
13 Sep 2019
First published
13 Sep 2019

Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 12084-12087

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Fluorescent molecular spring that visualizes the extension and contraction motions of a double-stranded helicate bearing terminal pyrene units triggered by release and binding of alkali metal ions

D. Taura, K. Shimizu, C. Yokota, R. Ikeda, Y. Suzuki, H. Iida, N. Ousaka and E. Yashima, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 12084 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC06126F

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