Compound 1

11,11'-((9-(5-(dodecyloxy)-2-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[f]thiochromen-1-ylidene)-9H-thioxanthene-4,5-diyl)bis(oxy))diundecanoic acid

From: Artificial muscle-like function from hierarchical supramolecular assembly of photoresponsive molecular motors

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A mixture of S9 (20 mg, 0.19 mmol), THF (2 mL), EtOH (2 mL), water (2 mL) and lithium hydroxide (20 mg, 0.83 mmol) was heated at reflux for 1 h. After cooling to room temperature, ethyl acetate (5 mL) and water (5 mL) were added to the mixture. The mixture was acidified by addition of HCl(aq.) (1M) till pH = 2. The organic layer was separated and the water layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (5 mL). The combine organic layers were washed with brine and dried over Na2SO4. The solvent was evaporated and the residue was purified by column chromatography (SiO2, dichloromethane:methanol = 20:1, Rf = 0.2) to yield a colorless oil. The obtained oil was placed in ether (5 mL) to yield motor 1 as a white solid (16 mg, 85%). Chiral separation of the enantiomers were performed by preparative HPLC (Chiralpak IC, Heptane/IPA/TFA 95/5/0.2, flow rate 0.7 mL/min). (R)-enantiomer was collected as the fraction with retention time of 18.5 min and the (S)-enantiomer was collected as the fraction with retention time of 21.3 min. 1H NMR (500 MHz, Methylene Chloride-d2) δ 7.50 (t, J = 9.9 Hz, 2H), 7.35 (t, J = 7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.23 (d, J = 7.7 Hz, 1H), 7.09 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.01 (s, 1H), 6.90 (dd, J = 21.1, 7.9 Hz, 2H), 6.46 – 6.30 (m, 2H), 6.11 (d, J = 7.7 Hz, 1H), 4.30 – 4.06 (m, 5H), 4.01 (q, J = 7.1, 4.9 Hz, 1H), 3.93 (dd, J = 9.2, 6.6 Hz, 1H), 3.79 (dd, J = 11.2, 6.8 Hz, 1H), 3.19 – 3.02 (m, 1H), 2.40 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 4H), 1.96 (t, J = 7.3 Hz, 4H), 1.85 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 4H), 1.63 (tq, J = 29.7, 7.0 Hz, 12H), 1.53 – 1.26 (m, 40H), 0.93 (t, J = 6.8 Hz, 3H), 0.76 (d, J = 6.7 Hz, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, Methylene Chloride-d2) δ 182.0, 157.5, 156.6, 154.8, 141.0, 138.3, 137.7, 133.9, 133.6, 133.6, 130.0, 128.3, 128.0, 127.9, 127.3, 126.8, 126.3, 126.3, 125.8, 124.7, 123.3, 121.4, 111.4, 111.3, 111.0, 106.9, 106.8, 71.0, 71.0, 70.6, 38.5, 38.4, 35.9, 33.9, 32.4, 31.6, 31.6, 31.6, 31.5, 31.5, 31.4, 31.3, 31.3, 31.2, 31.2, 31.1, 31.1, 31.0, 28.1, 28.0, 27.9, 26.6, 24.6, 19.9, 19.8, 15.8. HRMS (ESI): calcd. for C61H85O7S2 [M+H] 993.5731, found 993.5734 and 1015.5548 [M+Na].