ISSN:
0894-3230
Keywords:
Organic Chemistry
;
Physical Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Photochromic molecules such as dihydroindolizines (DHI) containing crown ether units can be ‘tuned’, as far as their properties are concerned, by supramolecular ion binding. Inclusion of the ion in the crown ether cavity yields a new supramolecular species. This species shows special properties of the excited state after guest addition: (a) bathochromic shifts of the photochromic crown ethers and also hyperchromic effects in the UV spectra; (b) fluorescence intensity of one of the photochromic crown ethers is either increased (crown excitation) or decreased (DHI excitation) after addition of alkali metal ions; and (c) in the ground state a large change in reaction rate for the reaction 1,5-electrocyclization betaine (coloured form) to dihydroindolizine is observed in the supramolecular complexes.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/poc.610051011
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