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Giovanni Bottari

Publications and source records attributed to Giovanni Bottari.

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PubMed2003

Chiroptical switching in a bistable molecular shuttle.

Although various methods for switching the positions of macrocycles in bistable rotaxane-based molecular shuttles have been developed, exploiting such movements to trigger property changes has thus far received little attention. Here we describe one of the first examples of a property change achieved through a controlled large-amplitude translational motion in a rotaxane; a novel type of chiroptical switch is described, in which light-induced translation of the macrocycle along the thread of a [2]rotaxane produces a strong induced circular dichroism (ICD) response only when the macrocycle is hydrogen-bonded to a chiral peptide station.

Journal Article↗
PubMed2002

Photoisomerization of a rotaxane hydrogen bonding template: light-induced acceleration of a large amplitude rotational motion.

Establishing methods for controlling aspects of large amplitude submolecular movements is a prerequisite for the development of artificial devices that function through rotary motion at the molecular level. Here we demonstrate that the rate of rotation of the interlocked components of fumaramide-derived [2]rotaxanes can be accelerated, by >6 orders of magnitude, by isomerizing them to the corresponding maleamide [2]rotaxanes by using light.

Crystallography, X-Ray↗