Azoheteroarene and Diazocine Molecular Photoswitches: Self‐Assembly, Responsive Materials and Photopharmacology

A Mukherjee, MD Seyfried… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aromatic units tethered with an azo (− N= N−) functionality comprise a unique class of
compounds, known as molecular photoswitches, exhibiting a reversible transformation …

Light responsiveness and assembly of arylazopyrazole-based surfactants in neat and mixed CTAB micelles

G Tyagi, JL Greenfield, BE Jones, WN Sharratt, K Khan… - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
The self-assembly of an arylazopyrazole-based photosurfactant (PS), based on
cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), and its mixed micelle formation with CTAB in …

Azoheteroarene und Diazocine als Molekulare Photoschalter: Selbstassemblierung, Responsive Materialien und Photopharmakologie

A Mukherjee, MD Seyfried, BJ Ravoo - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aromatische Einheiten, die mit einer Azofunktionalität (− N= N−) verknüpft sind, bilden eine
einzigartige Klasse von Verbindungen, bekannt als molekulare Photoschalter, die bei …

Arylazobenzimidazoles: versatile visible-light photoswitches with tuneable Z-isomer stability

SAM Steinmüller, M Odaybat, G Galli, D Prischich… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Benzimidazole heterocycles are of great importance in medicinal chemistry due to their
applicability to a wide range of pharmacological targets, therefore representing a …

Photoswitchable imines: aryliminopyrazoles quantitatively convert to long-lived Z-isomers with visible light

J Wu, L Kreimendahl, S Tao, O Anhalt… - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Arylimines offer promise in dynamic-covalent materials due to their recyclability and ease of
synthesis. However, their light-triggered E/Z isomerism has received little attention. This is …

Photoswitchable Azoheteroarene‐Based Chelating Ligands: Light Modulation of Properties, Aqueous Solubility and Catalysis

D Gupta, AK Gaur, R Kaur, Ashish… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We report the design and synthesis of eight photoswitchable phenylazopyridine‐and
phenylazopyrazole‐based molecular systems as chelation‐type light‐controllable ligands …

Data-driven discovery of molecular photoswitches with multioutput Gaussian processes

RR Griffiths, JL Greenfield, AR Thawani… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoswitchable molecules display two or more isomeric forms that may be accessed using
light. Separating the electronic absorption bands of these isomers is key to selectively …

Switching Sides: Regiochemistry and Functionalization Dictate the Photoswitching Properties of Imines

J Wu, L Kreimendahl, JL Greenfield - Angewandte Chemie, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Photoswitchable imines demonstrate light‐dependent dynamic covalent chemistry and can
function as molecular ratchets. However, the design of aryliminopyrazoles (AIPs) has been …

Systematic Investigation into the Photoswitching and Thermal Properties of Arylazopyrazole-based MOF Host–Guest Complexes

K Griffiths, JL Greenfield, NR Halcovitch… - Crystal Growth & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A series of arylazopyrazole-loaded metal–organic frameworks were synthesized with the
general formula Zn2 (BDC) 2 (DABCO)(AAP) x (BDC= 1, 4-benzenedicarboxylate; DABCO …

Iminobispyrazole (IBP) photoswitches: two pyrazole rings can be better than one

J Wu, C Li, L Kreimendahl, JL Greenfield - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We recently demonstrated that suitably functionalised aryliminopyrazoles can exhibit useful
photoswitching properties. This study investigates the photoswitching potential of …