F. G. Blandón-Cumbreras, M. Jurtík, A. Závodná, P. Janovský, M. Rouchal, T. Vícha, U. Pischel, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5c19813
Adamantane-substituted donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts (DASA) form highly stable host–guest complexes with cucurbit[n]urils (n = 7, 8) in water. These assemblies show kinetic stabilization of the colored linear form and, remarkably, exhibit reversible T-type photoswitching in water. These so far elusive features for first-generation DASA reveal a strategy for their potential use in biorelevant contexts.
