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Entropy‐Driven Translational Isomerism: A Tristable Molecular Shuttle
Author(s) -
Bottari Giovanni,
Dehez Francois,
Leigh David A.,
Nash Phillip J.,
Pérez Emilio M.,
Wong Jenny K. Y.,
Zerbetto Francesco
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200352176
Subject(s) - isomerization , entropy (arrow of time) , chemistry , computer science , thermodynamics , physics , biochemistry , catalysis
Two's company but three's allowed! An entropy‐driven tristable molecular shuttle has been developed, where shuttling between two of three stations is brought about through a photochemical isomerization, but a further stable co‐conformation is unexpectedly observed simply upon changing the temperature (the picture shows the molecular shuttle in one of the three possible co‐conformations).