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Arpa EM, Stafström S, Durbeej B. A Proof-of-Principle Design for Through-Space Transmission of Unidirectional Rotary Motion by Molecular Photogears. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303191. [PMID: 37906675 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
Abstract
The construction of molecular photogears that can achieve through-space transmission of the unidirectional double-bond rotary motion of light-driven molecular motors onto a remote single-bond axis is a formidable challenge in the field of artificial molecular machines. Here, we present a proof-of-principle design of such photogears that is based on the possibility of using stereogenic substituents to control both the relative stabilities of two helical forms of the photogear and the double-bond photoisomerization reaction that connects them. The potential of the design was verified by quantum-chemical modeling through which photogearing was found to be a favorable process compared to free-standing single-bond rotation ("slippage"). Overall, our study unveils a surprisingly simple approach to realizing unidirectional photogearing.
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- Enrique M Arpa
- Division of Theoretical Chemistry, IFM, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden
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- Division of Theoretical Physics, IFM, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry, IFM, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden
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Omoto K, Shi M, Yasuhara K, Kammerer C, Rapenne G. Extended Tripodal Hydrotris(indazol-1-yl)borate Ligands as Ruthenium-Supported Cogwheels for On-Surface Gearing Motions. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202203483. [PMID: 36695199 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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This paper reports the synthesis of ruthenium-based molecular gear prototypes composed of a brominated or non-brominated pentaphenylcyclopentadienyl ligand as an anchoring unit and a tripodal ligand with aryl-functionalized indazoles as a rotating cogwheel. Single crystal structures of the ruthenium complexes revealed that the appended aryl groups increase the apparent diameter of the cogwheel rendering them larger than the diameter of the anchoring units and consequently making them suitable for intermolecular gearing motions once the complexes will be adsorbed on a surface.
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- Kenichiro Omoto
- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan.,Center for Digital Green-innovation, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan
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- CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 29, rue Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, 630-0192, Japan.,CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 29, rue Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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Erbland G, Abid S, Gisbert Y, Saffon-Merceron N, Hashimoto Y, Andreoni L, Guérin T, Kammerer C, Rapenne G. Star-Shaped Ruthenium Complexes as Prototypes of Molecular Gears. Chemistry 2019; 25:16328-16339. [PMID: 31603576 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The design and synthesis of two families of molecular-gear prototypes is reported, with the aim of assembling them into trains of gears on a surface and ultimately achieving controlled intermolecular gearing motion. These piano-stool ruthenium complexes incorporate a hydrotris(indazolyl)borate moiety as tripodal rotation axle and a pentaarylcyclopentadienyl ligand as star-shaped cogwheel, equipped with five teeth ranging from pseudo-1D aryl groups to large planar 2D paddles. A divergent synthetic approach was followed, starting from a pentakis(p-bromophenyl)cyclopentadienyl ruthenium(II) complex as key precursor or from its iodinated counterpart, obtained by copper-catalyzed aromatic Br/I exchange. Subsequent fivefold cross-coupling reactions with various partners allowed high structural diversity to be reached and yielded molecular-gear prototypes with aryl-, carbazole-, BODIPY- and porphyrin-derived teeth of increasing size and length.
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- Guillaume Erbland
- CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 29, rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 29, rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 29, rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- UPS, Institut de Chimie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, ICT FR 2599, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, Japan.,NAIST-CEMES, International Collaborative Laboratory for Supraphotoactive Systems, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 29, rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 29, rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 29, rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 29, rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France.,Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, Japan.,NAIST-CEMES, International Collaborative Laboratory for Supraphotoactive Systems, 31055, Toulouse, France
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While molecular machines play an increasingly significant role in nanoscience research and applications, there remains a shortage of investigations and understanding of the molecular gear (cogwheel), which is an indispensable and fundamental component to drive a larger correlated molecular machine system. Employing ab initio calculations, we investigate model systems consisting of molecules adsorbed on metal or graphene surfaces, ranging from very simple triple-arm gears such as PF3 and NH3 to larger multiarm gears based on carbon rings. We explore in detail the transmission of slow rotational motion from one gear to the next by these relatively simple molecules, so as to isolate and reveal the mechanisms of the relevant intermolecular interactions. Several characteristics of molecular gears are discussed, in particular the flexibility of the arms and the slipping and skipping between interlocking arms of adjacent gears, which differ from familiar macroscopic rigid gears. The underlying theoretical concepts suggest strongly that other analogous structures may also exhibit similar behavior which may inspire future exploration in designing large correlated molecular machines.
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- Rundong Zhao
- Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies & Department of Physics , Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong SAR , China
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- Department of Physics and Materials Science , City University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , China
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- Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies & Department of Physics , Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong SAR , China
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- Inorganic Chemistry Department , Fritz-Haber-Institute der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft , Berlin , Germany
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- Department of Physics and Materials Science , City University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , China
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center , Beijing , China
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- Institute of Computational and Theoretical Studies & Department of Physics , Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong SAR , China
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Liu S, Kondratuk DV, Rousseaux SAL, Gil-Ramírez G, O'Sullivan MC, Cremers J, Claridge TDW, Anderson HL. Caterpillar track complexes in template-directed synthesis and correlated molecular motion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:5355-9. [PMID: 25683453 PMCID: PMC4471551 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201412293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Revised: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Small alterations to the structure of a star-shaped template totally change its mode of operation. The hexapyridyl template directs the conversion of a porphyrin dimer to the cyclic hexamer, but deleting one pyridine site changes the product to the cyclic decamer, while deleting two binding sites changes the product to the cyclic octamer. This surprising switch in selectivity is explained by the formation of 2:1 caterpillar track complexes, in which two template wheels bind inside the nanoring. Caterpillar track complexes can also be prepared by binding the hexapyridyl template inside the 8- and 10-porphyrin nanorings. NMR exchange spectroscopy (EXSY) experiments show that these complexes exhibit correlated motion, in which the conrotatory rotation of the two template wheels is coupled to rotation of the nanoring track. In the case of the 10-porphyrin system, the correlated motion can be locked by binding palladium(II) dichloride between the two templates.
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- Shiqi Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research LaboratoryOxford, OX1 3TA (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research LaboratoryOxford, OX1 3TA (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research LaboratoryOxford, OX1 3TA (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research LaboratoryOxford, OX1 3TA (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research LaboratoryOxford, OX1 3TA (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research LaboratoryOxford, OX1 3TA (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research LaboratoryOxford, OX1 3TA (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research LaboratoryOxford, OX1 3TA (UK)
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