A light controlled cavitand wall regulates guest binding.

ABSTRACT: Here we report a cavitand with a photochemical switch as one of the container walls. The azo-arene switch undergoes photoisomerization when subjected to UV light producing a self-fulfilled cavitand. This process is thermally and photochemically reversible. The reported cavitand binds small molecules and these guests can be ejected from the cavitand through this photochemical process.

SUBMITTER: Berryman OB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3010387 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature