1. Synthetic Molecular Gear Based on Double-Decker Porphyrin Complexes.
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Ogi, Soichiro, Ikeda, Tomohiro, and Takeuchi, Masayuki
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PORPHYRINS , *METAL complexes , *MOLECULAR machinery (Technology) , *CERIUM , *TEMPERATURE effect , *CHEMICAL decomposition , *NUCLEAR magnetic resonance spectroscopy - Abstract
New rotary molecular machines ( 1 and 2) were synthetically constructed from two distinct porphyrin-based rotors, a cerium(IV) bis(porphyrinate)s double-decker (CeDD) and a porphyrinatorhodium(III)-based rotor. These rotors are adjacently mounted on rotational axes aligned to near vertical as resembling the bevel-gear-shaped structure. Structural study using NMR analysis reveals that these distinct rotors are connected through a coordination bond between rhodium(III) and a pyridyl group. At temperature from 193 to 393 K, each rotor represents rotational motion driven by heat fluctuation without decomposition into the corresponding precursors in dichloromethane- d and tetrachloroethane- d. Importantly, the mechanical interaction between the teeth of these rotors is strongly dependent on the central metal atom in a DD rotor and the teeth structure in a porphyrinatorhodium(III)-based rotor. Understanding such relationship between the chemical structures and mechanical interaction is of importance for generating cooperative motion in the hybrid machinery system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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