Jiaqi Liang, Shuai Lu, Yang Yang, Yun-Jia Shen, Jin-Ku Bai, Xin Sun, Xu-Lang Chen, Jie Cui, Ai-Jiao Guan, Jun-Feng Xiang, Xiaopeng Li, Heng Wang, Yu-Dong Yang, Han-Yuan Gong
Molecular folding regulation with environmental stimuli is critical in living and artificial molecular machine systems. Herein, we described a macrocycle, cyclo[4] (1,3-(4,6-dimethyl)benzene)[4](1,3-(4,6-dimethyl)benzene)(4-pyridine). Under 298 K, it has three stable stiff atropisomers with names as 1 (Cs symmetry), 2 (Cs symmetry), and 3 (C4v symmetry). At 393 K, 1 can reversibly transform into 2, but at 473 K, it can irrevocably transform into 3. At 338 K, 3 and (PhCN)2 PdCl2 complex to produce the metal-organic cage 4...
December 9, 2023: Nature Communications