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, 2124

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  1. , 2124 A rotaxane is described in which a macrocycle moves reversibly between two hydrogen-bonding stations after a nanosecond laser pulse. At room temperature in acetonitrile, the photoinduced movement of the macrocycle to the second station takes about 1 microsecond and, after charge recombination (about 100 microseconds), the macrocycle shuttles back to its original position. The process is reversible and cyclable and has properties characteristic of an energy-driven piston.

  2. Chemical formulae of molecular shuttle 1, shown in its preferred (succ-1) co-conformation in non–H-bond– disrupting solvents, and thread 2.

  3. Translational submolecular motion in a stimuli-responsive molecular shuttle: (i) The macrocycle initially resides at the preferred (green) station; (ii) a reaction occurs (red/blue) changing the relative binding potentials of the two stations such that (iii) the macrocycle “shuttles” to the now-preferred (blue) station. In the special case that the reverse reaction (blue /red) now occurs (iv), the components return to their original positions. Such cyclable, externally driven, mechanical motions with a “power stroke” and a “recovery stroke” are reminiscent of the workings of a simple piston.

  4. A photoresponsive molecular shuttle: Before the 355-nm laser pulse, the translational coconformer succ-1 is predominant because the ni station is a poor H-bond acceptor. After photoreduction of ni by an external donor (D; DABCO, TMPD, or biphenyl), the equilibrium changes and the ring moves to the right in about 1ms ( back-electron transfer is slow). After charge recombination (100 ms, MeCN), the macrocycle shuttles back to its original position.

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