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Circular Dichroism of Dynamic Systems: Switching Molecular and Supramolecular Chirality Angela Mammana, Gregory T. Carroll, and Ben L. Feringa; Comprehensive Chiroptical Spectroscopy, Applications in Stereochemical Analysis of Synthetic Compounds, Natural Products, and Biomolecules; John Wiley and Sons; 17 February 2012 doi:10.1002/9781118120392.ch8
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Cation complexing photochromic materials involving bisanthracenes linked by a polyether chain. Preparation of a crown-ether by photocycloisomerization Jean-Pierre Desvergne and Henri Bouas-Laurent J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1978, 403–404, doi:10.1039/C39780000403
Synthetic macrocyclic ligands. II. Synthesis of a photochromic crown etherTetrahedron Letters, Volume 21, Issue 6, 1980, Pages 541-544 Isamu Yamashita, Mieko Fujii, Takahiro Kaneda, Soichi Misumi and Tetsuo Otsubo doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)85550-7
Photoresponsive crown ethers. 1. Cis-trans isomerism of azobenzene as a tool to enforce conformational changes of crown ethers and polymers Seiji Shinkai, Takahiro Nakaji, Yoshihiro Nishida, Toshiyuki Ogawa, and Osamu Manabe J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 1980; 102(18) pp 5860 - 5865; doi:10.1021/ja00538a026
Photoresponsive crown ethers. 2. Photocontrol of ion extraction and ion transport by a bis(crown ether) with a butterfly-like motion Seiji Shinkai, Takahiro Nakaji, Toshiyuki Ogawa, Kazuyoshi Shigematsu, and Osamu Manabe J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 1981; 103(1) pp 111 - 115; doi:10.1021/ja00391a021
Also in 1993: A Light-Induced Molecular Shuttle Based on a [2]Rotaxane-Derived TriadAngewandte Chemie International Edition in English Volume 32, Issue 10, Date: October 1993, Pages: 1459-1461 Andrew C. Benniston, Anthony Harriman doi:10.1002/anie.199314591
A chemically and electrochemically switchable molecular shuttle Richard A Bissell, Emilio Córdova, Angel E. Kaifer, J. Fraser Stoddart Nature 369, 133 - 137 (12 May 1994) Letter doi:10.1038/369133a0
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From Anthracene Photodimerization to Jaw Photochromic Materials and Photocrowns Henri Bouas-Laurent, Alain Castellan and Jean-Pierre Desvergne Pure Appl. Chem.5 Vol.52, pp.2633–2648. 1980Link
Switch-functionalized systems in biomimetic chemistry Seiji Shinkai Pure & App!. Chem., Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 425-430, 1987Link