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A self-locking molecule operative with a photoresponsive key.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16939284     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Rotary host 1, composed of a ferrocene unit as a rotary module, is conformationally locked internally in apolar solvents such as benzene by a double intramolecular Zn-N coordination between the zinc porphyrin and aniline units, attached to each cyclopentadienyl (Cp) ring. Upon addition of the cis form of 1,2-bispyridylethylene (cis-2) to (+)-1 ([cis-2]/[(+)-1] = 5.0), an enantiomer of 1, the intramolecular Zn-N coordination bonds in (+)-1 are readily cleaved to form an externally locked, cyclodimeric one-to-one complex (+)-1 subset cis-2, accompanying a rotation of the ferrocene module, as visualized by CD spectroscopy. In contrast, use of trans-2, in place of cis-2, under otherwise identical conditions to the above, did not result in releasing the internal double lock of (+)-1. Such a large difference between the isomers of 2 in the affinity toward host 1, along with their capabilities of photochemical interconversion, allowed for the demonstration of a reversible self-locking operation of 1. Namely, the externally locked state of 1, as in the form of 1 supersetcis-2, spontaneously retrieves the internally locked state, after the release of 2 from 1 upon cis-to-trans photochemical isomerization of ligating 2, while the backward photochemical isomerization of 2 in the presence of 1 results in switching of 1 to its externally locked state.
Authors:
Takahiro Muraoka; Kazushi Kinbara; Takuzo Aida
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American Chemical Society     Volume:  128     ISSN:  0002-7863     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Am. Chem. Soc.     Publication Date:  2006 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-08-30     Completed Date:  2007-08-08     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503056     Medline TA:  J Am Chem Soc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  11600-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, and Center for NanoBio Integration, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aniline Compounds / chemistry
Circular Dichroism
Cyclopentanes / chemistry
Ferrous Compounds / chemical synthesis*,  chemistry*
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Metalloporphyrins / chemistry
Models, Molecular
Photochemistry
Pyridines / chemistry
Stereoisomerism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Aniline Compounds; 0/Cyclopentanes; 0/Ferrous Compounds; 0/Metalloporphyrins; 0/Pyridines; 102-54-5/ferrocene; 13939-11-2/zinc hematoporphyrin; 62-53-3/aniline

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