The first examples of photo-responsive azobenzene-containing oxacalixarenes have been synthesized via a 3+1 macrocyclization approach. Introduction of the photoresponsive unit was achieved by using 4-phenylazoresorcinol or (E)-4-(4'-nitrophenylazo)resorcinol as the nucleophilic component in the macrocyclization reaction. These novel macrocycles have been characterized by means of ID and 2D NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations (B3LYP/6-31G(d)). According to thermal and photoisomerization studies, tetranitro-oxacalix[4]arenes are less prone to E -> Z isomerization than oxacalix[2]arene[2]triazines and, within the two series, p-nitrophenylazo derivatives are more unwilling to isomerize than their phenylazo analogues
Titolo: | Photoisomerizable azobenzene-containing oxacalixarenes |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2012 |
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Abstract: | The first examples of photo-responsive azobenzene-containing oxacalixarenes have been synthesized via a 3+1 macrocyclization approach. Introduction of the photoresponsive unit was achieved by using 4-phenylazoresorcinol or (E)-4-(4'-nitrophenylazo)resorcinol as the nucleophilic component in the macrocyclization reaction. These novel macrocycles have been characterized by means of ID and 2D NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations (B3LYP/6-31G(d)). According to thermal and photoisomerization studies, tetranitro-oxacalix[4]arenes are less prone to E -> Z isomerization than oxacalix[2]arene[2]triazines and, within the two series, p-nitrophenylazo derivatives are more unwilling to isomerize than their phenylazo analogues |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11570/1917613 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 14.a.1 Articolo su rivista |