Cyclodextrin Complexation of a Stilbene and the Self-Assembly of a Simple Molecular Device

Lock, Julia Siobhan; May, Bruce L; Clements, Philip; Lincoln, Stephen F; Easton, Christopher

Cyclodextrin Complexation of a Stilbene and the Self-Assembly of a Simple Molecular Device

Date

2004

Authors

Lock, Julia Siobhan

May, Bruce L

Clements, Philip

Lincoln, Stephen F

Easton, Christopher

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

(E)-4-tert-Butyl-4′-oxystilbene, 1-, is thermally stable as the (E)-1- isomer but may be photoisomerized to the (Z)-1- isomer as shown by UV-vis and 1H NMR studies in aqueous solution. When (E)-1- is complexed by αCD two inclusion isomers (includomers)