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SUBMITTER: Su X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3388876 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Su Xin X Lessing Timo T Aprahamian Ivan I
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20120613
The pH-activated E/Z isomerization of a series of hydrazone-based systems having different functional groups as part of the rotor (R = COMe, CN, Me, H), was studied. The switching efficiency of these systems was compared to that of a hydrazone-based molecular switch (R = COOEt) whose E/Z isomerization is fully reversible. It was found that the nature of the R group is critical for efficient switching to occur; the R group should be a moderate H-bond acceptor in order to (i) provide enough drivin ...[more]