
handle: 10362/164899
Flavylium/Chalcone-based molecular switches comprise features such as pH-gated photochromism and fluorescence properties that make them attractive for many applications, ranging from stimuli-responsive materials to photopharmacology. However, in contrast to other common photoswitches, the application of flavylium compounds in these areas remains largely unexplored. Among other possible reasons, this may be due to the lack of general strategies to attach these molecules to substrates such as polymers, nanoparticles, biomolecules, or surfaces. In this work, we have shown that a copper (I) catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) can be employed to obtain a chalcone conjugate. We used an isosorbide carbohydrate to demonstrate this strategy and investigated the photochemical properties of the chalcone-isosorbide conjugate. The obtained results show that the photochemical properties of this new compound are similar to other equivalent flavylium/chalcone photoswitches, confirming the feasibility of the conjugation strategy.
Chemistry (miscellaneous), Materials Science (miscellaneous), azide-alkyne click reaction, photochromism, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous), flavylium salts, photoswitches
Chemistry (miscellaneous), Materials Science (miscellaneous), azide-alkyne click reaction, photochromism, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous), flavylium salts, photoswitches
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