烯烃
二茂铁
液晶
材料科学
化学
纳米技术
有机化学
催化作用
电化学
光电子学
电极
物理化学
作者
Maximillian Fellert,Robert Hein,Alexander Ryabchun,Yohan Gisbert,Charlotte N. Stindt,Ben L. Feringa
标识
DOI:10.1002/ange.202413047
摘要
The reversible modulation of chirality has gained significant attention not only for fundamental stereochemical studies but also for numerous applications ranging from liquid crystals (LCs) to molecular motors and machines. This requires the construction of switchable molecules with (multiple) chiral elements in a highly enantioselective manner, which is often a significant synthetic challenge. Here, we show that the dimerization of an easily accessible enantiopure planar chiral ferrocene‐indanone building block affords a multi‐stimuli‐responsive dimer (FcD) with pre‐determined double bond geometry, helical chirality, and relative orientation of the two ferrocene motifs in high yield. This intrinsically planar chiral switch can not only undergo thermal or photochemical E/Z isomerization but can also be reversibly and quantitatively oxidized to both a monocationic and a dicationic state which is associated with significant changes in its (chir)optical properties. Specifically, FcD acts as a chiral dopant for cholesteric LCs with a helical twisting power (HTP) of 13 µm−1 which, upon oxidation, drops to near zero, resulting in an unprecedently large redox‐tuning of the LC reflection color by up to 84 nm. Due to the straightforward stereoselective synthesis, FcD, and related chiral switches, are envisioned to be powerful building blocks for multi‐stimuli‐responsive molecular machines and in LC‐based materials.
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