Photoresponsive Organic Cages─Computationally Inspired Discovery of Azobenzene-Derived Organic Cages.

ABSTRACT: The incorporation of photoresponsive groups into porous materials is attractive as it offers potential advantages in controlling the pore size and selectivity to guest molecules. A combination of computational modeling and experiment resulted in the synthesis of two azobenzene-derived organic cages based on building blocks identified in a computational screen. Both cages incorporate three azobenzene moieties, and are therefore capable of 3-fold isomerization, using either ditopic or tetratopic aldehydes containing diazene functionality. The ditopic aldehyde forms a Tri²Di³ cage via a 6-fold imine condensation and the tritopic aldehyde forms a Tet³Di⁶ cage via a 12-fold imine condensation. Th

SUBMITTER: Brand MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11544616 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature