Azobenzene derivatives due to their photo- and electroactive properties are an important group of compounds finding applications in diverse fields. Due to the possibility of controlling the trans–cis isomerization, azo-bearing structures are ideal building blocks for development of e.g. nanomaterials, smart polymers, molecular containers, photoswitches, and sensors. Important role play also macrocyclic compounds well known for...

In the original publication of the article, a part of Scheme 12 was missed. The correct version of Scheme 12 was provided in this correction article. The original article has also been corrected.

Praca zawiera przegląd syntezowanych, różnych chromogenicznych związków koronowych, zawierających oprócz dwóch grup azowych i łańcucha polieterowego fragmenty heterocykliczne. Porównano właściwości otrzymanych związków w zależności od obecności heteroatomów w pierścieniu makrocyklicznym oraz różnego podstawienia cząsteczki heterocykliczej.

The crown ethers with electro- and photoactive azo moieties containing substituents with mobile protons such as in the –COOH groups of histidine, show unique effect of pH switched on/off presence of the azo form. The differences observed for the electrochemical behavior of azocrown ethers with N-acetylhistidine and imidazole moieties reveal the interference of a chemical reduction pathway in strongly acidified solutions. This...

The preparation and characterization of products of the photochemical and thermochemical rearrangements of 19-membered azoxybenzocrowns with two, bulky, tert-butyl substituents in benzene rings in the para positions to oligooxyethylene fragments (meta positions to azoxy group, i.e., t-Bu-19-Azo-O have been presented. In photochemical rearrangement, two colored typical products were expected, i.e., 19-membered o-hydroxy-m,m′-di-tert-butyl-azobenzocrown...