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