title: Electrochemically triggered conversion between metacyclophan-1-ene and dihydropyrene molecular switching systems.
abstract: The electrochemical oxidation of either open or closed metacyclophanene isomers, which is a positive-photochromic system due to open isomers being more stable than closed ones, quantitatively yields a stable fluorescent dihydropyrene intermediate, a well-known negative T-photochromic system where the closed form is more stable than the open one. This is one of the first examples in which two different molecular switching systems can be electrochemically triggered.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Iluminada
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gallardo
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guirado
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prats
authors.forename: Michinori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeshita