Feringa, Prof. Ben
Ben Feringa (1951) has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016. Feringa has been professor of Organic Chemistry since 1988. He is one of the best scientists of our time, both within the Netherlands and worldwide. His research performance is so exceptional that he is generally regarded as one of the world’s most creative and productive chemists. He has achieved breakthroughs in various fields of chemistry, including organic synthesis, catalysis, supramolecular chemistry and nanotechnology.
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His discovery in 1999 of the ‘molecular motor’, a light-driven rotating molecule, is widely recognized as a world-class breakthrough. The potential applications of this concept are as numerous as they are spectacular. The idea that molecular motors can transport themselves through the bloodstream in order to deliver drugs to previously unreachable locations in the human body with a high degree of accuracy is particularly inspiring. It is partly thanks to Feringa that the University of Groningen is undisputedly Europe’s number one in the field of chemistry.
Feringa has been awarded numerous prizes, including the 2004 Spinoza Prize, the highest Dutch prize in science, awarded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). In 2008 the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) appointed Feringa Academy Professor, giving him the opportunity to concentrate on whatever he wanted in the field of innovative teaching and research for five years. Feringa is the Vice President of the KNAW also. In 2011 he received the Van 't Hoff medal. This is awarded once every ten years by the University of Amsterdam for work in the field of chemistry. In May 2013 he was awarded a TOP grant of EUR 780,000 by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The grant is for his research on molecular motors.
In 2013 Feringa was awarded the Lilly European Distinguished Science Award, followed by the Marie Curie Medal, the highest honor awarded annually by the Polish Chemical Society for chemist working outside Poland. Also he was awarded two important Japanese prizes (2013), the prestigious Cope Scholar Award of the American Chemical Society (2014), the Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize (2015) and the Tetrahedron Prize (2016).
Together with Anouk Lubbe, Feringa wrote the book Everyday Molecules, in 2022. The richly illustrated book provides an accessible overview of 180 substances from our daily lives.
Nobel prize
In 2016 Feringa has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Feringa received the prize together with Jean-Pierre Sauvage (France) and Sir James Fraser Stoddart (UK) for their work on the development of molecular machines.
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Publications
2025
Pegoraro,
C., Guinart, A., Masiá Sanchis, E., Doellerer,
D., Stuart, M. C. A., Conejos-Sánchez, I.,
Feringa, B. L., & Vicent, M. J. (2025). A
light-driven molecular motor-polypeptide conjugate supports
controlled cell uptake. Journal of materials
chemistry b, 13(8), 2658-2665. Article
d4tb02434f. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tb02434f
Ovalle,
M., Doellerer, D., & Feringa, B. L. (2025).
Azobenzene-Oxindole Photochromic Dyads.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in
English), Article e202501872. Advance online
publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202501872
Koy,
M., Fellert, M., Deng, C., Uiterweerd, M.
T., Lessentier, A., Wu, M., Cregut, M., Zheng, J., Streiff,
S., de Pablo, J. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2025).
Bio-Based Surfactants via Borrowing Hydrogen
Catalysis. Chemistry – A European
Journal, 31(17), Article e202500077. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202500077
Stindt,
C. N., Jo, T., Steen, J. D., Feringa, B. L.,
& Crespi, S. (2025). Computational Study on the Dynamics
of a Bis(benzoxazole)-Based Overcrowded Alkene.
The journal of physical chemistry. A,
129(5), 1301–1309. Article 4c06773. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.4c06773
Mondal,
A., Dašková, V., Chen,
X., Thiel, N. O., Alachouzos,
G., & Feringa, B. L. (2025).
Diastereoselective C(sp3)-H acetoxylation of
phosphoramidites. Chemical communications
(Cambridge, England), 61(35), 6510-6513.
Article d5cc00550g. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc00550g
Guinart,
A., Qutbuddin, Y., Ryabchun, A., Krohn, J. H.,
Schwille, P., & Feringa, B. L. (2025).
Elucidating the physicochemical processes of light-activated
rotary motors embedded in lipid membranes.
Chem, Article 102574. Advance online
publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102574
Sheng,
J., van Beek, C. L. F., Stindt, C.
N., Danowski, W., Jankowska, J., Crespi,
S., Pooler, D. R. S., Hilbers, M. F., Buma, W.
J., & Feringa, B. L. (2025). General
strategy for boosting the performance of speed-tunable rotary
molecular motors with visible light. Science
Advances, 11(8), Article eadr9326. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr9326
Doellerer,
D., de Boer, J. Y., & Feringa, B. L.
(2025). General Synthetic Methodologies for Building Blocks
to Construct Molecular Motors. The Journal of
Organic Chemistry, 90(10), 3519–3526.
Article 4c02619. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c02619
Liu,
L., Deng, Y., Qu, D.-H., Feringa, B. L.,
Tian, H., & Zhang, Q. (2025). Kinetic
Control of Self-Assembly Pathway in Dual Dynamic Covalent Polymeric
Systems. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in
English), 64(9), Article e202424147. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202424147
Hein,
R., Gisbert, Y., & Feringa, B.
L. (2025). Multi-State Redox and Light-Driven
Switching of Pseudorotaxanation and Cation Shuttling.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
147(16), 13649–13657. Article 5c00997. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c00997
Combe,
A., Chen, S., Pacella, G.,
Stuart, M. C. A., de Boer, J. Y.,
Portale, G., & Feringa, B. L. (2025).
Photoactuating artificial muscle from supramolecular assembly
of an overcrowded alkene-derived molecular switch.
Nature Communications, 16, Article
3897. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58468-0
Schulte,
A. M., Guinart, A., Alachouzos, G.,
Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2025).
Photo-amygdalin: light-dependent control over hydrogen
cyanide release and cytotoxicity. Chemical
Science. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC01248A
Wang,
Y., Zhang, Y., Li, S., Sun, W., Zhang, Z., Zhou, G., Feringa,
B. L., & Chen, J. (2025). Photoresponsive Coatings
by Light-Driven Molecular Motors in Cholesteric Liquid Crystal
Microcapsules. Precision Chemistry,
3(3), 149–156. https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.4c00103
Guinart,
A., Doellerer, D., Qutbuddin, Y., Zivkovic, H., Branca, C.,
Hrebik, D., Schwille, P., & Feringa, B. L. (2025).
Photoswitchable Molecular Motor Phospholipid: Synthesis,
Characterization, and Integration into Lipid Vesicles.
Langmuir, 41(6), 3961–3970.
Article 4c04173. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c04173
Kolarski,
D., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L.
(2025). Spatiotemporal Control Over Circadian Rhythms With
Light. Medicinal research reviews,
45(3), 968-984. Article 22099. https://doi.org/10.1002/med.22099
Helbert,
H., Deuther-Conrad, W., de Haan, M., Wenzel, B.,
Luurtsema, G., Szymanski, W., Brust, P.,
Dierckx, R. A. J. O., Feringa, B. L.,
& Elsinga, P. H. (2025). Synthesis and in vitro
evaluation of spirobenzovesamicols as potential 11C-PET
tracer alternatives to [18F]FEOBV for vesicular
acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) imaging. EJNMMI
Radiopharmacy and Chemistry, 10, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41181-025-00327-w
Feringa,
B. L. (2025). The Art of Building Small.
Precision Chemistry, 3(3),
108–109. https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.5c00023
Mgbukwu,
M., Fu, X., Peshkov, R. Y., Doellerer, D., Granados Buitrago,
C., Feringa, B. L., Haacke, S., Crespi, S., &
Léonard, J. (2025). Tuning the Photoisomerization
Mechanism of Oxindole Switches with Electron-Donating
Substituents. The Journal of Physical Chemistry.
B: Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces, & Biophysical,
129(15), 3839–3850. Article 4c06856. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c06856
Spoelstra,
G. B., Elsinga, P. H., van Dijl, J.
M., van Snick, J. H., Feringa, B.
L., Glaudemans, A. W. J. M., Keizers,
B., Kruijff, S., Szymanski,
W., van Oosten, M., & IJpma, F. F.
A. (2025). Vancomycin-based tracers guiding in situ
visualization of bacteria on osteosynthesis devices and surgical
debridement. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
and Molecular Imaging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-025-07249-4
2024
Fellert,
M., Hein, R., Ryabchun, A.,
Gisbert, Y., Stindt, C. N., &
Feringa, B. L. (2025). A Multiresponsive
Ferrocene-Based Chiral Overcrowded Alkene Twisting Liquid
Crystals. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in
English), 64(1), Article e202413047. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202413047
Gisbert,
Y., Ovalle, M., Stindt, C.
N., Costil, R., & Feringa, B.
L. (2025). Coupling Rotary Motion to Helicene
Inversion within a Molecular Motor. Angewandte
Chemie (International ed. in English), 64(4),
Article e202416097. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202416097
Aidibi,
Y., Azar, S., Hardoin, L., Voltz, M., Goeb, S., Allain, M.,
Sallé, M., Costil, R., Jacquemin, D.,
Feringa, B., & Canevet, D. (2025). Light- and
Temperature-Controlled Hybridization, Chiral Induction and
Handedness of Helical Foldamers. Angewandte Chemie
(International ed. in English), 64(1), Article
e202413629. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202413629
Freese,
T., Meijer, J. T., Miola,
M., Pescarmona, P. P., & Feringa, B.
L. (2025). Photochemical on-demand production of
hydrogen peroxide in a modular flow reactor.
Sustainable Energy & Fuels,
9(1), 141-151. Article d4se01142b. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SE01142B
Heuberger,
L., Korpidou, M., Guinart, A., Doellerer, D.,
López, D. M., Schoenenberger, C.-A., Milinkovic, D.,
Lörtscher, E., Feringa, B. L., & Palivan, C.
G. (2025). Photoreceptor-Like Signal Transduction Between
Polymer-Based Protocells. Advanced
materials, 37(3), Article 2413981. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202413981
Eijsink,
L. E., Sardjan, A. S., Sinnema, E.
G., den Besten, H., Zhang,
Y., Hage, R., van den Berg, K. J., Flapper,
J., Feringa, B. L., & Browne, W. R.
(2024). Activation of alkyl hydroperoxides by manganese
complexes of tmtacn for initiation of radical polymerisation of
alkenes. Catalysis Science and
Technology, 14(9), 2423-2433. Article
d4cy00042k. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cy00042k
Ramspoth,
T. F., Flapper, J., van den Berg, K. J., Feringa, B.
L., & Harutyunyan, S. R. (2024). A
highly efficient and sustainable catalyst system for terminal
epoxy-carboxylic acid ring opening reactions.
Green Chemistry, 26(6), 3346-3355.
Article d3gc04301k. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3gc04301k
van
Vliet, S., Sheng, J., Stindt, C.
N., & Feringa, B. L. (2024).
All-visible-light-driven salicylidene
schiff-base-functionalized artificial molecular motors.
Nature Communications, 15, Article
6461. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50587-4
Xu,
F., Sheng, J., Stindt, C.
N., Crespi, S., Danowski, W., Hilbers, M. F.,
Buma, W. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2024).
All-visible-light-driven stiff-stilbene photoswitches.
Chemical Science, 15(18), 6763-6769.
Article d4sc00983e. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc00983e
Hou,
J., Wang, J., Ryabchun, A.,
& Feringa, B. L. (2024). Amplification of
Light-Induced Helix Inversion of Intrinsically Chiral Diarylethene
Molecular Switches. Advanced Functional
Materials, 34(17), Article 2312831. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202312831
Spoelstra,
G. B., Braams, L. M., IJpma, F. F.
A., van Oosten, M., Feringa, B.
L., Szymanski, W., Elsinga, P.
H., & van Dijl, J. M. (2024).
Bacteria-targeted imaging using vancomycin-based positron
emission tomography tracers can distinguish infection from sterile
inflammation. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
and Molecular Imaging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-024-06997-z
McNeice,
P., ten Brink, G. H., Gran, U., Karlson, L.,
Edvinsson, R., & Feringa, B. L. (2024).
Cellulose modification for sustainable polymers: overcoming
problems of solubility and processing. RSC
Sustainability, 2(2), 369-376. Article
d3su00317e. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3su00317e
Lepage,
M. L. P., Feringa, B. L., Hermens, J. G. H.,
van den Berg, K. J., & Elders, N. (2024). Coating composition comprising a binder polymer
obtainable by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising a vinyl
monomer and a butenolide monomer. (Patent No.
WO2024126828).
Deng,
Y., Huang, Z., Feringa, B. L., Tian, H.,
Zhang, Q., & Qu, D.-H. (2024). Converting
inorganic sulfur into degradable thermoplastics and adhesives by
copolymerization with cyclic disulfides. Nature
Communications, 15, Article 3855. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48097-4
Böhmer,
V. I., Szymanski, W., Feringa, B.
L., & Elsinga, P. H. (2024).
Correction: Multivalent probes in molecular imaging: Reality
or future?: (Trends in Molecular Medicine, 27:4 p:379-393,
2021). Trends in Molecular Medicine.
Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2024.05.003
McNeice,
P., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). CO2
switchable solvents for sustainable dissolution, modification, and
processing of cellulose materials: a critical review.
Green Chemistry, 26(24),
11747-11772. Article d4gc04032e. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4gc04032e
van
Beek, C. L. F., & Feringa, B. L. (2024).
Coupled Rotary Motion in Molecular Motors.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
146(8), 5634–5642. Article 3c14430. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c14430
Deng,
Y., Zhang, Q., & Feringa, B.
L. (2024). Dynamic Chemistry Toolbox for Advanced
Sustainable Materials. Advanced
science , 11(14), Article 2308666. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202308666
Roy,
P., Sardjan, A. S., Browne, W. R.,
Feringa, B. L., & Meech, S. R. (2024). Excited
State Dynamics in Unidirectional Photochemical Molecular
Motors. Journal of the American Chemical
Society, 146(18), 12255–12270. Article
4c01019. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c01019
Sheng,
J., Danowski, W., Sardjan, A. S., Hou,
J., Crespi, S., Ryabchun, A.,
Domínguez, M. P., Jan Buma, W., Browne, W.
R., & Feringa, B. L. (2024).
Formylation boosts the performance of light-driven
overcrowded alkene-derived rotary molecular motors.
Nature Chemistry, 16(8),
1330–1338. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-024-01521-0
Boëtius,
M. E., Hoorens, M. W. H.,
Ošťadnický, M., Laurent, A. D., di Donato, M., van
Wingaarden, A. C. A., Hilbers, M. F., Feringa, B. L.,
Buma, W. J., Medveď, M., & Szymanski, W.
(2024). Getting a molecular grip on the half-lives of
iminothioindoxyl photoswitches. Chemical
Science, 35, Article d4sc01457j. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc01457j
Stähler,
C., Reynaerts, R., Rinkovec, T., Verstraete, L., Heideman,
G. H., Minoia, A., Harvey, J. N., Mali, K. S., De Feyter, S.,
& Feringa, B. L. (2024). Highly Ordered
Co-Assembly of Bisurea Functionalized Molecular Switches at the
Solid-Liquid Interface. Chemistry – A
European Journal, 30(18), Article e202303994.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202303994
Visser,
P., & Feringa, B. L. (2024).
Introduction of Molecular Complexity via the Cross-Coupling
of Lithium 1,4-Dioxene with Aryl Bromides.
Chemistry – A European Journal,
30(61), Article e202402351. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202402351
Qutbuddin,
Y., Guinart, A., Gavrilović, S., Al Nahas,
K., Feringa, B. L., & Schwille, P. (2024).
Light-Activated Synthetic Rotary Motors in Lipid Membranes
Induce Shape Changes Through Membrane Expansion.
Advanced materials, 36(16), Article
2311176. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202311176
Ovalle,
M., Stindt, C. N., & Feringa, B.
L. (2024). Light, Switch, Action! The Influence of
Geometrical Photoisomerization in an Adaptive Self-Assembled
System. Journal of the American Chemical
Society, 146(46), 31892–31900. Article
4c11206. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c11206
van
Ewijk, C., Xu, F., Maity,
S., Sheng, J., Stuart, M. C.
A., Feringa, B. L., & Roos, W.
H. (2024). Light-Triggered Disassembly of Molecular
Motor-based Supramolecular Polymers Revealed by High
Speed-AFM. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in
English), 63(14), Article e202319387. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202319387
Hein,
R., Stindt, C. N., & Feringa, B.
L. (2024). Mix and Match Tuning of the Conformational
and Multistate Redox Switching Properties of an Overcrowded
Alkene. Journal of the American Chemical
Society, 146(38), 26275–26285. Article
4c08284. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c08284
Doellerer,
D., Rückert, A.-K., Doria, S., Hilbers, M., Simeth, N. A.,
Buma, W. J., Di Donato, M., Feringa, B. L.,
Szymanski, W., & Crespi, S. (2024). Modulation of
the isomerization of iminothioindoxyl switches by supramolecular
confinement. Chemical communications (Cambridge,
England), 60(70), 9388-9391. Article
d4cc02423k. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc02423k
Gisbert,
Y., Fellert, M., Stindt, C. N.,
Gerstner, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2024).
Molecular Motors' Magic Methyl and Its Pivotal Influence on
Rotation. Journal of the American Chemical
Society, 146(18), 12609–12619. Article
4c01628. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c01628
Lepage,
M. L. P., Feringa, B. L., Hermens, J. G. H.,
van den Berg, K. J., & Elders, N. (2024). Monomer mixture comprising an n-vinyl monomer and a
butenolide monomer and coating compositions derived
therefrom. (Patent No. WO2024126832).
Shan,
Y., Sheng, J., Zhang, Q.,
Stuart, M. C. A., Qu, D. H., & Feringa, B.
L. (2024). Multi-state photoluminescent properties of
an overcrowded alkene-based molecular motor in aggregates.
Aggregate, 5(5), Article e584. https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.584
Sheng,
J., Perego, J., Bracco, S., Cieciórski, P., Danowski,
W., Comotti, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2024).
Orthogonal Photoswitching in a Porous Organic
Framework. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in
English), 63(23), Article e202404878. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202404878
Schulte,
A. M., Vivien, Q., Leene, J. H.,
Alachouzos, G., Feringa, B. L., &
Szymanski, W. (2024). Photocleavable Protecting Groups
Using a Sulfite Self-Immolative Linker for High Uncaging Quantum
Yield and Aqueous Solubility. Angewandte Chemie
(International ed. in English), 63(47),
Article e202411380. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202411380
Parlato,
R., Volarić, J., Lasorsa, A., Bagherpoor
Helabad, M., Kobauri, P., Jain, G., Miettinen, M.
S., Feringa, B. L., Szymanski, W.,
& van der Wel, P. C. A. (2024). Photocontrol of
the β-Hairpin Polypeptide Structure through an Optimized
Azobenzene-Based Amino Acid Analogue. Journal of
the American Chemical Society, 146(3),
2062–2071. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c11155
Long,
G., Deng, Y., Zhao, W., Zhou, G., Broer, D. J.,
Feringa, B. L., & Chen, J. (2024). Photoresponsive
Biomimetic Functions by Light-Driven Molecular Motors in Three
Dimensionally Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomers.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
146(20), 13894-13902. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c01642
Deng,
Y., Long, G., Zhang, Y., Zhao, W., Zhou, G.,
Feringa, B. L., & Chen, J. (2024).
Photo-responsive functional materials based on light-driven
molecular motors. Light-Science &
applications, 13, Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-024-01391-8
Edwards,
M. D., Pratley, M. T., Gordon, C. M., Teixeira, R. I., Ali, H.,
Mahmood, I., Lester, R., Love, A., Hermens, J. G.
H., Freese, T., Feringa, B. L.,
Poliakoff, M., & George, M. W. (2024). Process
Intensification of the Continuous Synthesis of Bio-Derived Monomers
for Sustainable Coatings Using a Taylor Vortex Flow Reactor.
Organic Process Research and Development,
28(5), 1917–1928. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.3c00462
Weber,
R. R., Stindt, C. N., van der Harten, A.-L. M.
J., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Push-Pull
Bis-Norbornadienes for Solar Thermal Energy Storage.
Chemistry – A European Journal,
30(35), Article e202400482. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202400482
Lepage,
M. L. P., Feringa, B. L., Hermens, J. G. H.,
van den Berg, K. J., & Elders, N. (2024). Radiation-curable coating composition, method of
coating a substrate and coated substrate. (Patent No.
WO2024126829).
Sidler,
E., Hein, R., Doellerer, D.,
& Feringa, B. L. (2024). Redox-Switchable
Aromaticity in a Helically Extended
Indeno[2,1-c]fluorene. Journal of the
American Chemical Society, 146(28),
19168–19176. Article 4c04191. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c04191
Roy,
P., Sardjan, A. S., Danowski, W., Browne, W.
R., Feringa, B. L., & Meech, S. R. (2024).
Substituent effects on first generation photochemical
molecular motors probed by femtosecond stimulated Raman.
The Journal of Chemical Physics,
161(7), Article 074504. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0216442
Spoelstra,
G. B., Blok, S. N., Reali Nazario, L., Noord,
L., Fu, Y., Simeth, N. A., IJpma,
F. F. A., van Oosten, M., van Dijl, J.
M., Feringa, B. L., Szymanski,
W., & Elsinga, P. H. (2024).
Synthesis and preclinical evaluation of novel
18F-vancomycin-based tracers for the detection of bacterial
infections using positron emission tomography.
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular
Imaging, 51, 2583–2596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-024-06717-7
Stindt,
C. N., Crespi, S., & Feringa, B.
L. (2024). Synthesis of Styrylbenzazole Photoswitches
and Evaluation of their Photochemical Properties.
Chemistry – A European Journal,
30(39), Article e202401409. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202401409
Schulte,
A. M., Alachouzos, G., Szymanski,
W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). The fate
of the contact ion pair determines the photochemistry of
coumarin-based photocleavable protecting groups.
Chemical Science, 15(6), 2062-2073.
Article d3sc05725a. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc05725a
Freese,
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