Increased speed of rotation for the smallest light-driven molecular motor

MKJ ter Wiel, RA van Delden, A Meetsma…

Index: Ter Wiel, Matthijs K. J.; Van Delden, Richard A.; Meetsma, Auke; Feringa, Ben L. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003 , vol. 125, # 49 p. 15076 - 15086

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Abstract

In this paper we present the smallest artificial light-driven molecular motor consisting of only 28 carbon and 24 hydrogen atoms. The concept of controlling directionality of rotary movement at the molecular level by introduction of a stereogenic center next to the central olefinic bond of a sterically overcrowded alkene does not only hold for molecular motors with six-membered rings, but is also applicable to achieve the unidirectional movement for ...