Supramolecular control of unidirectional rotary motion in a sterically overcrowded photoswitchable receptor
Jinyu Sheng, Stefano Crespi, Ben L. Feringa, Sander J. Wezenberg
Abstract
The induction of unidirectional rotary motion in an achiral, sterically overcrowded, photoswitchable receptor by binding of a chiral guest molecule is unequivocally established.
Topics & Concepts
Steric effectsChemistrySupramolecular chemistryMoleculeMotion (physics)StereochemistryBiophysicsOrganic chemistryClassical mechanicsPhysicsBiologyPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistrySupramolecular Chemistry and Complexes