Exploiting tautomerism for switching and signaling

…, S Simeonov, V Kurteva, D Nedeltcheva…

Index: Antonov, Liudmil; Deneva, Vera; Simeonov, Svilen; Kurteva, Vanya; Nedeltcheva, Daniela; Wirz, Jakob Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2009 , vol. 48, # 42 p. 7875 - 7878

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 40

Abstract

Herein, we demonstrate a conceptual idea for a tautomeric switch based on implementation of a flexible piperidine unit in 4-(phenyldiazenyl) naphthalen-1-ol. The results show that a directed shift in the position of the tautomeric equilibrium can be achieved through protonation/deprotonation in a number of solvents. The developed molecular switch, in spite of the simple host–guest system, has shown acceptable complexation ability towards ...