Molecules, 2022, 27(19)

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

We describe azophenylindane based molecular motors (aphin-switches) which have two different rotamers of -configuration and four different rotamers of -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 to conversion leads to the increase of the system entropy some of the -rotamers can directly convert to each other while others should convert via -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.

IBCH: 10236
Ссылка на статью в журнале: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/19/6716
Кол-во цитирований на 07.2026: 2
Данные статьи проверены модераторами 2022-10-16

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