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Redox‐Responsive Porphyrin‐Based Molecular Tweezers
Author(s) -
Iordache Adriana,
Retegan Marius,
Thomas Fabrice,
Royal Guy,
SaintAman Eric,
Bucher Christophe
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201200842
Subject(s) - porphyrin , redox , tweezers , molecular tweezers , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , reduction (mathematics) , computer science , optical tweezers , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , information retrieval , supramolecular chemistry , materials science , physics , molecule , photochemistry , optics , biochemistry , organic chemistry , mathematics , receptor , geometry
Pinching pacman! Switching between the “open” and “closed” arrangements of pacman‐like bisporphyrin architectures can be achieved by redox control of noncovalent interactions (see figure). The open/close molecular motion, triggered by reduction of π‐dimerizable bipyridinium units, has been shown to allow the complexation of a bidentate ligand pinched between both metalloporphyrins.
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