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Molecular fan based on photoinduced recoordination in bis(aza-18-crown-6) cyclohexanone EtNH3+ complexes: mechanism and its unusual aspects

Oleg Aleksandrovich Alatortsev 1
Oleg Aleksandrovich Alatortsev
Valerii Victorivich Volchkov 1
Valerii Victorivich Volchkov
Mikhail Nikolaevich Khimich 1
Mikhail Nikolaevich Khimich
Ivan Dmitrievich Sorokin 1
Ivan Dmitrievich Sorokin
Mikhail Yakovlevich Melnikov 1
Mikhail Yakovlevich Melnikov
Fedor Evgen'evich Gostev 2
Fedor Evgen'evich Gostev
Ivan Viktorovich Shelaev 2
Ivan Viktorovich Shelaev
Marina Viktorovna Fomina 3
Marina Viktorovna Fomina
Sergei Panteleimonovich Gromov
2 N. N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
3 Photochemistry Center, Kurchatov Complex of Crystallography and Photonics, National Research Centre ‘Kurchatov Institute’, 119421 Moscow, Russian Federation
Published 2026-02-03
CommunicationVolume 36, Issue 2, 174-176
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Alatortsev O. A. et al. Molecular fan based on photoinduced recoordination in bis(aza-18-crown-6) cyclohexanone EtNH3+ complexes: mechanism and its unusual aspects // Mendeleev Communications. 2026. Vol. 36. No. 2. pp. 174-176.
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Alatortsev O. A., Volchkov V. V., Khimich M. N., Sorokin I. D., Melnikov M. Y., Gostev F. E., Shelaev I. V., Nadtochenko V. A., Fomina M. V., Gromov S. P. Molecular fan based on photoinduced recoordination in bis(aza-18-crown-6) cyclohexanone EtNH3+ complexes: mechanism and its unusual aspects // Mendeleev Communications. 2026. Vol. 36. No. 2. pp. 174-176.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.71267/mencom.7882
UR - https://mendcomm.colab.ws/publications/10.71267/mencom.7882
TI - Molecular fan based on photoinduced recoordination in bis(aza-18-crown-6) cyclohexanone EtNH3+ complexes: mechanism and its unusual aspects
T2 - Mendeleev Communications
AU - Alatortsev, Oleg Aleksandrovich
AU - Volchkov, Valerii Victorivich
AU - Khimich, Mikhail Nikolaevich
AU - Sorokin, Ivan Dmitrievich
AU - Melnikov, Mikhail Yakovlevich
AU - Gostev, Fedor Evgen'evich
AU - Shelaev, Ivan Viktorovich
AU - Nadtochenko, Viktor Andreevich
AU - Fomina, Marina Viktorovna
AU - Gromov, Sergei Panteleimonovich
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/02/03
PB - Mendeleev Communications
SP - 174-176
IS - 2
VL - 36
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@article{2026_Alatortsev,
author = {Oleg Aleksandrovich Alatortsev and Valerii Victorivich Volchkov and Mikhail Nikolaevich Khimich and Ivan Dmitrievich Sorokin and Mikhail Yakovlevich Melnikov and Fedor Evgen'evich Gostev and Ivan Viktorovich Shelaev and Viktor Andreevich Nadtochenko and Marina Viktorovna Fomina and Sergei Panteleimonovich Gromov},
title = {Molecular fan based on photoinduced recoordination in bis(aza-18-crown-6) cyclohexanone EtNH3+ complexes: mechanism and its unusual aspects},
journal = {Mendeleev Communications},
year = {2026},
volume = {36},
publisher = {Mendeleev Communications},
month = {Feb},
url = {https://mendcomm.colab.ws/publications/10.71267/mencom.7882},
number = {2},
pages = {174--176},
doi = {10.71267/mencom.7882}
}
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Alatortsev, Oleg Aleksandrovich, et al. “Molecular fan based on photoinduced recoordination in bis(aza-18-crown-6) cyclohexanone EtNH3+ complexes: mechanism and its unusual aspects.” Mendeleev Communications, vol. 36, no. 2, Feb. 2026, pp. 174-176. https://mendcomm.colab.ws/publications/10.71267/mencom.7882.
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Keywords

ammonium cation
azacrown ether
femtosecond spectroscopy
hydrogen bonds
molecular fan
photorecoordination
supramolecular complex
TD DFT calculations

Abstract

Time-resolved femtosecond absorption spectroscopy data together with TD DFT calculations for CD6, a bis(aza-18 crown-6)-containing dienone derivative of cyclohexanone, as well as its complex with EtNH3+ confirm that the latter undergoes photoinduced recoordination. This process takes hundreds of femtoseconds and involves N···H···N bond cleavage along with the formation of new O···H···N bonds. There is no change in the conformation of the complex upon photorecoordination.

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Russian Science Foundation
25-73-20016
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
AAAA-A21-121011590090-7

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