Helical chirality of azobenzenes induced by an intramolecular chiral axis and potential as chiroptical switches

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1778-1782

  Takaishi, Kazuto ^a   Kawamoto, Masuki ^a   Tsubaki, Kazunori ^b   Furuyama, Taniyuki ^a   Muranaka, Atsuya ^a   Uchiyama, Masanobu ^a,c  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

azo compounds; binaphthyl; chirality; isomerization; photochromism

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION CONSTANT; AZO COMPOUND; AZOBENZENE MOIETY; BINAPHTHYL; CHIROPTICAL SWITCHES; CIS-AZOBENZENE; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; HELICAL CHIRALITY; OPTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; TETRAPEPTIDE;

CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; ISOMERIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PHOTOCHROMISM; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AZOBENZENE;

AZO COMPOUND; AZOBENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

AZO COMPOUNDS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79551477299     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201003087     Document Type: Article

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