Synthesis and photochemical reactions of photochromic terarylene having a leaving methoxy group.
Photochromic terarylene having a methoxy group and hydrogen as the leaving units at the photochemical reaction center carbon atoms has been synthesized. This molecule shows irreversible photochemical reaction affording a highly fluorescent condensed aromatic molecule.
Nakagawa
Hisako
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Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, NAIST, 8916-5 Takayama-Cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan.
Kawai
Shigekazu
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Nakashima
Takuya
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Kawai
Tsuyoshi
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