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Synfacts 2007(12): 1263-1263  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991362
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Light-Powered Molecular Shuttle

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jeewoo Lim
W. Zhou, D. Chen, J. Li, J. Xu, J. Lv, H. Liu, Y. Li*
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. of China
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22 November 2007 (online)

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Significance

The authors report a synthesis of a light-powered, reversible molecular shuttle. The architecture consists of a macrocyclic unit which can slide between two positions on a linear molecule, driven by hydrogen bond formation.