Abstract
A water-soluble, photoresponsive macrocycle (1), composed of two N + cations and two azobenzene units, has been synthesized. This cyclophane changes its cavity shape in response to a photoinduced trans-cis isomerization of the azobenzene moieties. The photoresponsive association behaviour has been examined for mono- and di-carboxylate guest molecules through spectral studies, thermal cis→trans isomerization, and electrical conductance measurements. It has been shown that cis-(1) strongly binds guest molecules having a general structure -OOC(CH2) nCOO-, the driving force for the guest binding being the electrostatic force between two N+ cations and two carboxylate anions and the hydrophobic force between the cis-azobenzene units and a -(CH 2)n-chain. The results establish that the guest selectivity in host-guest chemistry can be controlled by the enforced change in the cavity shape.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1905-1909 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1990 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Chemistry
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