A Molecular??Level Plug/Socket System: Electronic Energy Transfer from a Binaphthyl Unit Incorporated into a Crown Ether to an Anthracenyl Unit Linked to an …

E Ishow, A Credi, V Balzani, F Spadola…

Index: Ishow, Elena; Credi, Alberto; Balzani, Vincenzo; Spadola, Francesco; Mandolini, Luigi Chemistry - A European Journal, 1999 , vol. 5, # 3 p. 984 - 989

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Abstract

Abstract Reversibleacid/base-(H-bonding-) control of a “plugin/plugout” system of crown ethers incorporating a binaphthyl unit and wirelike compounds bearing an anthracenyl unit has been achieved (see scheme). In the “plug in” state, a photoinduced energy-transfer process occurs from the binaphthyl to the anthracenyl unit. These systems behave as plug/socket molecular devices for the flow of electronic energy.