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Photo-Isomerizable Self-Complementary Hydrogen Bond Arrays, Iamnica Janic Linares Mendez

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This thesis exploits the use of a photochromic system in a self-complementary hydrogen bond array; i.e. the azo group, -N=N. The novelty of the approach described in this thesis resides in the double function of the azo group within the array: as a hydrogen bond acceptor site and as an element that promotes a structural change capable of disrupting the complexation equilibrium when irradiated with light.

The photo-isomerizable self-complementary hydrogen bond arrays presented are obtained by a general and practical synthetic method from inexpensive starting materials. Their self-complementary recognition was corroborated by ¹H NMR dilution experiments and single crystal …