Bach, Nicolai N. published the artcileActive Mechanical Threading by a Molecular Motor, Safety of 2,5,8,11-Tetraoxatridecan-13-ol, the main research area is active mech threading mol motor; Hemithioindigo; Indigoids; Molecular Machines; Molecular Motors; Photochemistry.
Mol. motors transform external energy input into directional motions and offer exquisite precision for nano-scale manipulations. To make full use of mol. motor capacities, their directional motions need to be transmitted and used for powering downstream mol. events. Here we present a macrocyclic mol. motor structure able to perform repetitive mol. threading of a flexible tetraethylene glycol chain through the macrocycle. This mech. threading event is actively powered by the motor and leads to a direct translation of the unidirectional motor rotation into unidirectional translation motion (chain vs. ring). The mechanism of the active mech. threading is elucidated and the actual threading step is identified as a combined helix inversion and threading event. The established mol. machine function resembles the crucial step of macroscopic weaving or sewing processes and therefore offers a first entry point to a “”mol. knitting”” counterpart.
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition published new progress about Alkylation. 23783-42-8 belongs to class ethers-buliding-blocks, name is 2,5,8,11-Tetraoxatridecan-13-ol, and the molecular formula is C9H20O5, Safety of 2,5,8,11-Tetraoxatridecan-13-ol.
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