Nitrocatechols as Tractable Surface Release Systems

Abstract

Anchor aweigh! The synthesis and evaluation of new nitrocatechols for surface modification and tractable release on TiO2 are reported (see scheme). The properties of catecholate anchoring and nitrophenyl-based photocleavable release were merged to create a new tool for surface immobilization and controlled release of small molecules, which was investigated on caged fluorophores as proof-of-principle. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.