Switchable trans-cis interconversion of an amphiphilic anthracene trimer.
Three anthracene rings connected by m-phenylene spacers with hydroxy groups generate isolable trans- and cis-atropisomers whose interconversion is solvent sensitive and can be activated at room temperature by an external stimulus (base).
Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.
Junji
J
Iwasa
Kosuke
K
Ono
Makoto
M
Fujita
Munetaka
M
Akita
Michito
M
Yoshizawa