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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 62, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202300658
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Chirality Induction; Enantioseparation; Self-Assembly; Supramolecular Networks; Switchable Pores
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Researchers report spontaneous chirality induction in a single layer 2D network structure formed from the self-assembly of tetrapod azobenzene molecules. The chirality induction occurs due to the slipping of multiple sublayers in a preferred direction, where the sublayer consists of different molecular arrangements in the in-plane a and b directions, breaking both the plane of symmetry and inversion symmetry. The protruded azobenzene units in the pore interior can be selectively isomerized upon UV irradiation, resulting in a reversible deformation of the chiral pores while maintaining the 2D frameworks. The chiral network can selectively trap one enantiomer from a racemic solution and release it upon UV irradiation.
Although two-dimensional (2D) chiral sheet structures are attractive because of their unique chemical and physical properties, single layer 2D chiral network structures with switchable pore interior remain elusive. Here we report spontaneous chirality induction in a single layer 2D network structure formed from the self-assembly of tetrapod azobenzene molecules. The chirality induction arises from multiple sublayers slipped in a preferred direction in which the sublayer consists of unidentical molecular arrangements in the in-plane a and b directions, breaking both the plane of symmetry and inversion symmetry. The protruded azobenzene units in the pore interior can be selectively isomerized upon UV irradiation, resulting in a reversible deformation of the chiral pores while maintaining the 2D frameworks. The chiral network can thus selectively entrap one enantiomer from a racemic solution with near perfect enantioselectivity, and then release it upon UV irradiation.
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