title: Chemical control of the photochromic reactivity of diarylethene derivatives.
abstract: Photochemically inactive diarylethene derivatives having a N-(O-hydroxyphenyl) group underwent photochromic reaction when they were esterified by the addition of acetic anhydride.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohsumi
authors.forename: Tuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukaminato
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Irie