Photodimerizable ditopic ligand.
[reaction: see text] The synthesis, photophysical properties, and structural characterization of a photodimerizable ditopic ligand are described. Upon irradiation at 366 nm, ligand 1 dimerizes to the head-to-tail tetra-bpy ligand 2. This thermally stable photodimer can be dissociated back to 1 using higher energy irradiation (254 nm).
Jouvenot
Damien
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093, USA.
Glazer
Edith C
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Yitzhak
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