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Synfacts 2010(8): 0893-0893  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257837
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Porphyrin-Based Molecular Turnstiles

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Joel Batson
T. Lang, A. Guenet, E. Graf*, N. Kyritsakas, M. W. Hosseini*
Université de Strasbourg, France
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22 July 2010 (online)

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The controlling of movements in molecular machines has been gaining considerable interest over the past years. Herein, the authors report the synthesis and characterization of a molecular turnstile. The Sn-O bonds form the hinge allowing for free rotation of the handle about it (1), while the binding of palladium(II) impedes this movement resulting in the closed state 2.