Light-driven molecular motors: Stepwise thermal helix inversion during unidirectional rotation of sterically overcrowded biphenanthrylidenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 41, 2005, Pages 14208-14222

  Ter Wiel, Matthijs K J ^a   Van Delden, Richard A ^a   Meetsma, Auke ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; DATA ACQUISITION; ISOMERIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BIPHENANTHRYLIDENES; CIS-TRANS ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR MOTORS; UNIDIRECTIONAL ROTATION;

ELECTRIC MOTORS;

BIPHENANTHRYLIDENE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

KETONES; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENANTHRENES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ROTATION; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 26844577334     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja052201e     Document Type: Article

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