Remotely controllable supramolecular rotor mounted inside a porphyrinic cage

CHEM(2022)

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The confinement of molecular machines into nanostructured cages and controlling their functions by external stimuli holds great potential for the creation of smart functional materials that imitate the embodied intelligence of biological processes. Herein, we report the construction of a supramolecular rotor in a porous Zn-metallated porphyrinic cage (1) by encapsulation of a tetrazine-based linear axle (LA) via metal-ligand coordination bond, followed by post-assembly modification to append a controllable side arm to LA via inverse electron demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) reaction. While the rotor alone shows nearly no motion, the addition of pyridine derivatives as a zinc coordinating ligand results in both 90 degrees jump like rotary motion of the rotor and slow tumbling motion of the rotor axle in a stochastic manner. Interestingly, the dual motions of the rotor can be reversibly controlled by the UV and visible light induced coordination and dissociation of an azopyridine-based ligand with Zn centers as a signal transducer.
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molecular machines,supramolecular rotor,porous organic cage,porphyrinic cage,post-assembly modification,rotary motion,tumbling motion,photo-dissociable ligand,confinement effect,dual motion
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