Autonomous Shuttling Driven by an Oscillating Reaction: Proof of Principle in a Cucurbit[7]uril-Bodipy Pseudorotaxane

作者:Buyukcakir Onur; Yasar F Tuba; Bozdemir O Altan; Icli Burcak; Akkaya Engin U*
来源:Organic Letters, 2013, 15(5): 1012-1015.
DOI:10.1021/ol303495n

摘要

A bipyridinium dication-substituted Bodipy fluorophore, with a terminal carboxylic acid function, provides two alternative stations for cucurbit[7]uril. Changing pH from basic to acidic results in shuttling of the cucurbit[7]uril from one station to another. In addition, this shuttling is accompanied by a change in the emissive properties of the Bodipy dye, which is only observed in the presence of cucurbit[7]uril. More striking, is a demonstration of autonomous shuttling of the pseudorotaxane system in an oscillating pH system.

  • 出版日期2013-3-1