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6. Feringa B, In L (2001) Control of motion: from molecular switches to molecular motors. Acc
Chem Res 34:504–513. https://doi.org/10.1021/ar0001721
7. Kosaka T, Iwai S, Inoue Y, Moriuchi T, Mori T (2018) Solvent and temperature effects on
dynamics and chiroptical properties of propeller chirality and toroidal interaction of
hexaarylbenzenes. J Phys Chem A 122:7455–7463. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.8b06535
8. Kosaka T, Inoue Y, Mori T (2016) Toroidal interaction and propeller chirality of
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human samples. J Phys Chem A 116:9340–9346. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp306363n
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tethered 1,1
0 -binaphthyls: a theoretical revisit with dynamics trajectories. J Phys Chem A
115:5488–5495. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp202776g
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properties of donor-acceptor binaphthyls. Effects of dynamic conformer population on circular
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12. Nishizaka M, Mori T, Inoue Y (2010) Conformation elucidation of tethered donor-acceptor
binaphthyls from the anisotropy factor of a charge-transfer band. J Phys Chem Lett
1:2402–2405. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz100901n
13. Mori T, Inoue Y, Grimme S (2007) Experimental and theoretical study of the CD spectra and
conformational properties of axially chiral 2,2
0 -, 3,3
0 -, and 4,4
0 -biphenol ethers. J Phys Chem A
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pyridinophanes. A combined experimental and theoretical study. J Phys Chem A 121:977–985.
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dichroisms of planar chiral cyclophanes. Top Curr Chem 298:99–128. https://doi.org/10.1007/
128_2010_59
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investigations of circular dichroism and absolute configuration determination of chiral anthracene photodimers. J Am Chem Soc 134:4990–4997. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja300522y
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and specific rotation of donor-acceptor cyclophanes. J Phys Chem A 111:7995–8006. https://
doi.org/10.1021/jp073596m
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dichroism of mono- and diazonia[6]helicenes. J Phys Chem A 117:5082–5092. https://doi.org/
10.1021/jp403426w
19. Nakai Y, Mori T, Inoue Y (2013) Circular dichroism of (di)methyl- and diaza[6]helicenes. A
combined theoretical and experimental study. J Phys Chem A 117:83–93. https://doi.org/10.
1021/jp3104084
20. Nakai Y, Mori T, Inoue Y (2012) Theoretical and experimental studies on circular dichroism of
carbo[n]helicenes. J Phys Chem A 116:7372–7385. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp304576g
21. Tanaka H, Kato Y, Fujiki M, Inoue Y, Mori T (2018) Combined experimental and theoretical
study on circular dichroism and circularly polarized luminescence of configurationally robust
D 3 -symmetric triple pentahelicene. J Phys Chem A 122:7378–7384. https://doi.org/10.1021/
acs.jpca.8b05247
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