A new class of chiroptical molecular switches based on the redox-induced conformational changes.
A series of optically active bis(catecholketal)s 1-3 were prepared, and their chiroptical properties were investigated experimentally and theoretically, demonstrating that they undergo conformational changes upon 1-e(-) oxidation and can be used as redox-responsive chiroptical molecular switches.
Fukui
Masato
M
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan.
Mori
Tadashi
T
Inoue
Yoshihisa
Y
Rathore
Rajendra
R