Successive translocation of the rings in a [3]rotaxane
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17/06/2016Metadata
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Abstract
A [2]rotaxane, a [3]rotaxane and the corresponding thread containing two succinamide (succ) binding stations and a central redox-active pyromellitimide (pmi) station were studied. Infrared spectroelectrochemical experiments revealed the translocation of the macrocycle between the succinamide station and the electrochemically reduced pmi station (radical anion and dianion). Remarkably, in the [3]rotaxane, the rings can be selectively translocated. One-electron reduction leads to the translocation of one of the two macrocycles from the succinamide to the pyromellitimide station, whereas activation of the shuttle through two-electron reduction results in the translocation of both macrocycles: the dianion, due to its higher electron density and hence greater hydrogen-bond accepting affinity, is hydrogen bonded to both macrocycles. Systems with such an on-command contraction are known as molecular muscles. The relative strengths of the binding between the macrocycle and the imide anions could be estimated from the hydrogen-bond-induced shifts in the C=O stretching frequencies of hydrogen-bond accepting amide groups of the macrocycle.
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Jagesar , D C , Wiering , P G , Kay , E R , Leigh , D A & Brouwer , A M 2016 , ' Successive translocation of the rings in a [3]rotaxane ' , ChemPhysChem , vol. 17 , no. 12 , pp. 1902-1912 . https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201501162
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ChemPhysChem
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Peer reviewed
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1439-7641Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201501162
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This research was financially supported by the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Research (NOW).Collections
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