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Rates of cycloreversion for squaraine rotaxane mono(endoperoxides) were enhanced by structural modifications that increased cross-component steric destabilization of the inward directed 9,10-anthracene endoperoxide group. The largest rate enhancements were obtained when the surrounding macrocycle contained two 2,6-pyridine dicarboxamide bridging units, which induced a cavity contraction effect. The precursor fluorescent, near-IR, squaraine rotaxanes are effectively photostable because the mono(endoperoxide) products, formed by reaction with photogenerated singlet oxygen, rapidly cyclorevert back to the original squaraine rotaxane.
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