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Entropy‐Driven Translational Isomerism: A Tristable Molecular Shuttle

2003; Wiley; Volume: 42; Issue: 47 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/anie.200352176

1521-3773

Giovanni Bottari, François Dehez, David A. Leigh, Phillip J. Nash, Emilio M. Pérez, Jenny K. Y. Wong, Francesco Zerbetto,

Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Two's company but three's allowed! An entropy-driven tristable molecular shuttle has been developed, where shuttling between two of three stations is brought about through a photochemical isomerization, but a further stable co-conformation is unexpectedly observed simply upon changing the temperature (the picture shows the molecular shuttle in one of the three possible co-conformations). Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2003/z52176_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.