Light-driven molecular switches with tetrahedral and axial chirality

Org Biomol Chem. 2009 Oct 7;7(19):3930-3. doi: 10.1039/b910583b. Epub 2009 Aug 3.

Abstract

Two light-driven molecular switches with tetrahedral and axial chirality were synthesized, which can induce a helical superstructure in an achiral liquid crystal host and dynamically phototune it to achieve reversible reflection color.