Photoswitching of Co(<scp>ii</scp>)-based coordination cages containing azobenzene backbones
Max B. Tipping, Lidón Pruñonosa Lara, Atena B. Şolea, Larissa K. S. von Krbek, Michael D. Ward
Abstract
Incorporation of a photoswitchable azobenzene unit into a ditopic bis(pyrazolyl-pyridine) ligand allows a range of reversible light-induced transformations between different cage assemblies.
Topics & Concepts
AzobenzeneChemistryCoordination complexCombinatorial chemistryStereochemistryCrystallographyMoleculeOrganic chemistryMetalPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistrySupramolecular Chemistry and Complexes