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Dynamic Chirality: Molecular Shuttles and Motors

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Supramolecular Chirality

Part of the book series: Topics in Current Chemistry ((TOPCURRCHEM,volume 265))

Abstract

To appreciate the technological potential of controlled molecular-level motion one only has to consider that it lies at the heart of virtually every biological process. When we learn how to build synthetic molecular motors and machines that can interface their effects directly with other molecular-level sub-structures and the outside world it will add a new dimension to functional molecule and materials design. In this review we discuss both the influence of chirality on the design of molecular level machines and, in turn, how molecular level machines can control the expression of chirality of a physical response to an inherently achiral stimulus.

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Abbreviations

ICD:

induced circular dichroism

NMR:

nuclear magnetic resonance

NOE:

nuclear Overhauser effect

TTF:

tetrathiafulvalene

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Leigh, D.A., Pérez, E.M. Dynamic Chirality: Molecular Shuttles and Motors. In: Crego-Calama, M., Reinhoudt, D.N. (eds) Supramolecular Chirality. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 265. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_039

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