Reversible caterpillar-motion like isomerization in a N,N'-dimethyl hexaphyrin(1.1.1.1.1.1) induced by two-electron oxidation or reduction.
Caterpillar-motion like rotational isomerization of meso-aryl substituted [26]- and [28]hexaphyrins has been revealed for the first time. Two-electron oxidation and reduction induce reversible interconversion between N,N'-dimethyl [26]- and [28]hexaphyrins with a rotational isomerization, in which the N-methylated pyrroles move from the corner in the former to the centre in the latter.
Suzuki
Masaaki
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Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
Osuka
Atsuhiro
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