Recent advances of dynamic molecular crystals with light-triggered macro-movements

B Zhou, D Yan - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Dynamic molecular crystals showing light-triggered macro-movements have attracted great
attention due to their unique ability for light–force conversion. These molecular crystals are …

Single crystals popping under UV light: a photosalient effect triggered by a [2+ 2] cycloaddition reaction

R Medishetty, A Husain, Z Bai, T Runčevski… - Angewandte …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The extremely rare examples of dynamic single crystals where excitation by light or heat
induces macroscopic motility present not only a visually appealing demonstration of the …

Cooperative photochemical reaction kinetics in organic molecular crystals

K Morimoto, D Kitagawa, CJ Bardeen… - … –A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photoreactive molecular crystals have been intensively investigated as next‐generation
functional materials. Changes in physicochemical properties are usually interpreted in terms …

Cascading effect of large molecular motion in crystals: A topotactic polymorphic transition paves the way to topochemical polymerization

C Raju, GR Ramteke, KVJ Jose… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A topochemical polymerization governed by a topotactic polymorphic transition is reported.
A monomer functionalized with azide and an internal alkyne crystallized as an unreactive …

Topochemical postulates: Are they relevant for topochemical reactions occurring at elevated temperatures?

A Ravi, SZ Hassan, S Bhandary… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A rigid inositol‐derived monomer functionalized with azide and alkyne as the
complementary reactive groups (CRGs) crystallized as three distinct polymorphs I–III …

Massive Molecular Motion in Crystal Leads to an Unexpected Helical Covalent Polymer in a Solid‐state Polymerization

R Khazeber, GS Kana, KM Sureshan - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We designed a proline‐derived monomer with azide and alkene functional groups to enable
topochemical ene‐azide cycloaddition (TEAC) polymerization. In its crystal, the monomer …

In-situ X-ray diffraction snapshotting: Determination of the kinetics of a photodimerization within a single crystal

FL Hu, SL Wang, JP Lang, BF Abrahams - Scientific Reports, 2014 - nature.com
In a single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) transformation, a preformed three-dimensional
coordination polymer,[Ni3 (oba) 2 (bpe) 2 (SO4)(H2O) 4]· H2O (H2oba= 4, 4′-oxydibenzoic …

Large Molecular Rotation in Crystal Changes the Course of a Topochemical Diels–Alder Reaction from a Predicted Polymerization to an Unexpected Intramolecular …

A Lal, MC Madhusudhanan… - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A designed anthracene‐based monomer for topochemical Diels–Alder cycloaddition
polymerization crystallized with head‐to‐tail arrangement of molecules, as revealed by …

Intracrystalline Kinetics Analyzed by Real-Time Monitoring of a 1, 2-Dioxetane Chemiluminescence Reaction in a Single Crystal

C Matsuhashi, H Fujisawa, M Ryu… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Adamantylideneadamantane 1, 2-dioxetane (Adox), one of the most stable 1, 2-
dioxetanes, was used to investigate the kinetic properties of its chemiluminescent …

Observance of a large conformational change associated with the rotation of the naphthyl groups during the photodimerization of criss-cross aligned C [double bond …

FL Hu, SL Wang, BF Abrahams, JP Lang - CrystEngComm, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Five coordination polymers [Zn (oba)(4-spy)] 2·(4-spy) 0.25·(H2O)(1),[Zn2 (oba) 2 (HT-ppcb)]
2·(4-spy) 0.25 (1a),[Zn (oba)(4-(2-npy))] 2·(4-(2-npy)) 0.25·(H2O) 1.25 (2),[Zn (oba)(4-npy)] …