Yin J, Birman VB. Phenazine-Based Oligomers as Redox-Responsive Molecular Actuators.
J Org Chem 2022;
87:15744-15753. [PMID:
36354745 DOI:
10.1021/acs.joc.2c01445]
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Abstract
Nanosized butterfly-coil foldamers containing alternating phenazine-1,6-dicarboxamide and 2,5-dialkoxyterephthalamide moieties have been demonstrated to undergo extension-contraction in response to changing their oxidation state. Both the chemical (catalytic hydrogenation/aerial oxidation) and electrochemical versions of this process have been shown to be clean and fully reversible.
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