title: Reporting the release of caged species by a combination of two sequential photoreactions, a molecular switch, and one color of light.
abstract: In the right light: UV light triggers bond breaking, liberates a caged carboxylic acid, and generates the central C=C double bond in the photoresponsive hexatriene molecule of a dithienylethene molecular switch. Light of the same wavelength converts the colorless isomer into its colored counterpart in a visually convenient method to report on the success of the release event.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Tuoqi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bohne
authors.forename: Neil R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Branda
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000737:chemistry; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D002264:Carboxylic Acids