A light-driven molecular machine based on stiff stilbene

作者:Wang, Yuan; Tian, Yancong; Chen, Yu-Zhe; Niu, Li-Ya; Wu, Li-Zhu; Tung, Chen-Ho; Yang, Qing-Zheng*; Boulatovc, Roman
来源:Chemical communications, 2018, 54(57): 7991-7994.
DOI:10.1039/c8cc04542a

摘要

We report a new molecular design for optically triggered nm-scale translation of a submolecular component relative to another. We used a rotaxane-like molecule terminated at one end with stiff stilbene that served both as a chromophore to trigger the translation of the pillar[5]arene wheel and as a stopper to prevent its dethreading.