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ArticleChemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2021

Rethinking Uncaging: A New Antiaromatic Photocage Driven by a Gain of Resonance Energy.

Volker Hermanns, Maximilian Scheurer, Nils Frederik Kersten, Chahinez Abdellaoui, Josef Wachtveitl, Andreas Dreuw, Alexander Heckel

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Article in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Volker HermannsInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Lau-Str. 7, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany.
Maximilian ScheurerInterdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0592-3464
Nils Frederik KerstenInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Lau-Str. 7, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany.
Chahinez AbdellaouiInstitute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany.
Josef WachtveitlInstitute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8496-8240
Andreas DreuwInterdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5862-5113
Alexander HeckelInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Lau-Str. 7, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-4548

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deutsche forschungsgemeinschaft GRK 1886
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Abstract

Photoactivatable compounds for example photoswitches or photolabile protecting groups (PPGs, photocages) for spatiotemporal light control, play a crucial role in different areas of research. For each application, parameters such as the absorption spectrum, solubility in the respective media and/or photochemical quantum yields for several competing processes need to be optimized. The design of new photochemical tools therefore remains an important task. In this study, we exploited the concept of excited-state-aromaticity, first described by N. Colin Baird in 1971, to investigate a new class of photocages, based on cyclic, ground-state-antiaromatic systems. Several thio- and nitrogen-functionalized compounds were synthesized, photochemically characterized and further optimized, supported by quantum chemical calculations. After choosing the optimal scaffold, which shows an excellent uncaging quantum yield of 28 %, we achieved a bathochromic shift of over 100 nm, resulting in a robust, well accessible, visible light absorbing, compact new photocage with a clean photoreaction and a high quantum product (ϵ⋅Φ) of 893 M

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Baird's ruleexcited state aromaticityphotochemistryphotolabile protecting groupssubstituent effects

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PMCPMC8519059

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