What is it about?
The publication deals with the relation between substituent and the trans/cis photoisomerization. The change in structure was confirmed by NMR and comparison of these data to calculates chemical shifts.
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Why is it important?
The results presented are important nowadays because currently more and more molecular probes rely of photoisomerization. Moreover, the so called molecular machines also involve quanta of light to work. Thus the knowledge about regular substituent effect on photoisomerization may be very helpful in design new structures.
Perspectives
I think this type of research might be applicable in molecular probes but also in design of new supramolecular assemblies. That is because trans/cis isomers have much different geometry. This feature might be used in selection of molecules in non-covalent synthesis.
Borys Osmialowski
University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz
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This page is a summary of: Application of spectroscopic and theoretical methods in the studies of photoisomerization and photophysical properties of the push–pull styryl-benzimidazole dyes, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1039/c5pp00361j.
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