title: Dual-controllable stepwise supramolecular interconversions.
abstract: A new unsymmetric guest compound comprising ferrocene and azobenzene moieties was synthesized and can form a host-guest system with beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) complexed. The complexation stoichiometries and sites of the ensembles can be selectively controlled by reversible redox and photoirradiation.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China.
authors.forename: Liangliang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dahui
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Qiaochun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tian
mesh_terms: D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D000075163:Metallocenes; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D000075163:Metallocenes; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins; C009850:azobenzene; C031215:betadex; C004998:ferrocene