Jacquot de Rouville HP, Hu J, Heitz V. N-Substituted Acridinium as a Multi-Responsive Recognition Unit in Supramolecular Chemistry.
Chempluschem 2021;
86:110-129. [PMID:
33400395 DOI:
10.1002/cplu.202000696]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
The N-substituted acridinium motif is an electron-deficient unit with appealing multi-responsive properties which have been exploited in the field of supramolecular chemistry. This building block reversibly alters its shape, with its chemical and optical properties in response to a chemical or redox signal. In this Review, we discuss selected examples where the switchable properties of 9-aryl-N-methyl-acridinium lead to actuators, multi-input and multi-output systems, host or guest systems, and to interlocked systems with controllable motion.
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