The foundation of a light driven molecular muscle based on stilbene and alpha-cyclodextrin

Ryan E Dawson; Stephen F Lincoln; Christopher J Easton

doi:10.1039/b809014a

The foundation of a light driven molecular muscle based on stilbene and alpha-cyclodextrin

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Sep 14:(34):3980-2. doi: 10.1039/b809014a. Epub 2008 Jul 17.

Authors

Ryan E Dawson¹, Stephen F Lincoln, Christopher J Easton

Affiliation

¹ ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

PMID: 18758599
DOI: 10.1039/b809014a

Abstract

The rotaxane 3(E,E) serves as the basis of a light driven molecular muscle, where reversible photoisomerisation of the stilbene units causes the cyclodextrins to move off and on the stilbene units, contracting and extending the distance between the blocking groups.

MeSH terms

Isomerism
Light*
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Molecular Structure
Muscle Contraction*
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / chemistry
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / physiology
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / radiation effects*
Rotaxanes / chemistry
Rotaxanes / metabolism
Rotaxanes / radiation effects*
Stilbenes / chemistry
Stilbenes / metabolism
Stilbenes / radiation effects*
alpha-Cyclodextrins / chemistry
alpha-Cyclodextrins / metabolism
alpha-Cyclodextrins / radiation effects*

Substances

Rotaxanes
Stilbenes
alpha-Cyclodextrins
alpha-cyclodextrin