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SUBMITTER: Boursalian GB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7530895 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boursalian Gregory B GB Nijboer Eise R ER Dorel Ruth R Pfeifer Lukas L Markovitch Omer O Blokhuis Alex A Feringa Ben L BL
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20200921 39
Unidirectional molecular rotation based on alternating photochemical and thermal isomerizations of overcrowded alkenes is well established, but rotary cycles based purely on photochemical isomerizations are rare. Herein we report three new second-generation molecular motors featuring a phosphorus center in the lower half, which engenders a unique element of axial chirality. These motors exhibit unusual behavior, in that all four diastereomeric states can interconvert solely photochemically. Kine ...[more]