Indane Based Molecular Motors: UV-Switching Increases Number of Isomers

Autor: Valeriy P. Shendrikov, Anna S. Alekseeva, Erik F. Kot, Konstantin S. Mineev, Daria S. Tretiakova, Abdulilah Ece, Ivan A. Boldyrev
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 27, Iss 19, p 6716 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196716
Popis: We describe azophenylindane based molecular motors (aphin-switches) which have two different rotamers of trans-configuration and four different rotamers of cis-configuration. The behaviors of these motors were investigated both experimentally and computationally. The conversion of aphin-switch does not yield single isomer but a mixture of these. Although the trans to cis conversion leads to the increase of the system entropy some of the cis-rotamers can directly convert to each other while others should convert via trans-configuration. The motion of aphin-switches resembles the work of a mixing machine with indane group serving as a base and phenol group serving as a beater. The aphin-switches presented herein may provide a basis for promising applications in advanced biological systems or particularly in cases where on demand disordering of molecular packing has value, such as lipid bilayers.
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