A new axially-chiral photochemical switch.
Axially chiral bis(azo) derivative 1 undergoes photochemical isomerisation, which can be seen with circular dichroism and pitch measurements of the induced cholesteric phases.
Pieraccini
Silvia
S
Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica Organica A. Mangini, Via San Donato 15, 40127 Bologna, Italy.
Masiero
Stefano
S
Spada
Gian Piero
GP
Gottarelli
Giovanni
G