Preparation of photocyclizable dianthracene derivatives of resorc[4]arenes which are potential photoswitches
- 25 February 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
- Vol. 3 (4) , 331-333
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b400351a
Abstract
Resorc[4]arenes have been difunctionalized on opposite sides of the macrocycle using two anthracene units, which undergo intramolecular dimerization on irradiation at 350 nm. Syntheses and time-dependent photochemical experiments are reported.Keywords
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