A bistable pretzelane

作者:Zhao Yan Li; Trabolsi Ali; Stoddart J Fraser*
来源:Chemical communications, 2009, (32): 4844-4846.
DOI:10.1039/b910510g

摘要

A switchable donor-acceptor pretzelane composed of a crown ether containing tetrathiafulvalene and 1,5-dihydroxynaphthalene recognition units and a covalently tethered cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) ring exhibits unidirectional motion on both oxidation (forwards) and reduction (backwards).