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Synfacts 2008(9): 0928-0928  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078685
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Hg²+-Gated Molecular Switch

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jeewoo Lim
C. Wang, D. Zhang*, G. Zhang, J. Xiang, D. Zhu*
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. of China
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22 August 2008 (online)

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Significance

The authors report a synthesis of a molecular switch in which photoreactivity at one site of the molecule can be regulated by functionalization of a remote site within the same molecule. The report illustrates the principle of controlling reactivity at one position of a molecule by changes at a different, remote position.