title: Synthesis and evaluation of a photochromic surfactant for organic reactions in aqueous media.
abstract: A novel photochromic azobenzene-based surfactant was described for organic chemistry in water. The molecule 4-butylazobenzyl-4'-triazologlucuronic acid sodium salt thus synthesized can be isomerized from its trans to its cis form reversibly in solution by simple light irradiation. That property allowed the recyclability of a model acetylation reaction performed in the surfactant media, compared to the well-known, commercially available sodium dodecyl sulfate surfactant media.
authors.affiliation: Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Transformation Intégrée de la Matière Renouvelable, EA 4297 UTC/ESCOM, Centre de Recherche de Royallieu, BP 20529, F-60205 Compiègne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Drillaud
authors.forename: Estelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Banaszak-Léonard
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pezron
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Len