title: 4,4'-Bithiazole-based tetraarylenes: new photochromes with unique photoreactive patterns.
abstract: Five 4,4'-bithiazole-based tetraarylenes were prepared and their photochromic behavior investigated. With their 1,3,5,7-octatetraene photoreactive backbone, they offer not only more available sites for further functionalizations, but also a novel design principle for the development of a new class of biphotochromes.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, UMR 8182, Université Paris-Sud 11, Bât. 420, 91405 Orsay, France.
authors.forename: Gildas
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gavrel
authors.forename: Pei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Léaustic
authors.forename: Régis
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guillot
authors.forename: Rémi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Métivier
authors.forename: Keitaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakatani