Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (Oct 2014)

Host–guest-driven color change in water: influence of cyclodextrin on the structure of a copper complex of poly((4-hydroxy-3-(pyridin-3-yldiazenyl)phenethyl)methacrylamide-co-dimethylacrylamide)

  • Nils Retzmann,
  • Gero Maatz,
  • Helmut Ritter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.10.259
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 2480 – 2483

Abstract

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In the present work we report the synthesis of poly((4-hydroxy-3-(pyridin-3-yldiazenyl)phenethyl)methacrylamide-co-dimethylacrylamide) and its reversible optical and complex-forming properties due to copper and cyclodextrin (CD) interactions. Color changing effects are characterized by UV–vis spectroscopy and the supramolecular behavior is investigated by dynamic light scattering experiments.

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