Photo-switchable anion binding and catalysis with a visible light responsive halogen bonding receptor
Aidan Kerckhoffs, Isabelle Moss, Matthew J. Langton
Abstract
isomer. We demonstrate that this switchable binding enables unprecedented photo-controlled catalysis of XB-mediated halide abstractions and a Mukaiyama Aldol reaction.
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Halogen bondCatalysisPhotochemistryVisible spectrumChemistryIonHalogenCombinatorial chemistryMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsOrganic chemistryAlkylPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection