Chiral hydrogen bond environment providing unidirectional rotation in photoactive molecular motors

  1. García-Iriepa, C. 12
  2. Marazzi, M. 2
  3. Zapata, F. 2
  4. Valentini, A. 2
  5. Sampedro, D. 1
  6. Frutos, L.M. 2
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  2. 2 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

Zeitschrift:
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

ISSN: 1948-7185

Datum der Publikation: 2013

Ausgabe: 4

Nummer: 9

Seiten: 1389-1396

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.1021/JZ302152V SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84877153713 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen Access editor

Andere Publikationen in: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Projekte im Zusammenhang

Procesos fotoinducidos: sensores policiclinos pi-conjugados e interruptores moleculares biomiméticos

2012/00016/001

Zusammenfassung

Generation of a chiral hydrogen bond environment in efficient molecular photoswitches is proposed as a novel strategy for the design of photoactive molecular motors. Here, the following strategy is used to design a retinal-based motor presenting singular properties: (i) a single excitation wavelength is needed to complete the unidirectional rotation process (360); (ii) the absence of any thermal step permits the process to take place at low temperatures; and (iii) the ultrafast process permits high rotational frequencies. © 2013 American Chemical Society.