Photochromic switching behaviour of donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts in organic solvents.
We report photochromic donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts (DASAs) capable of fully reversible photoisomerization with visible light in organic solvents including chloroform, acetonitrile and benzene. The rates of photoisomerization and thermal reversion can be tuned by altering the electronics of the donor adduct. X-Ray crystallography and photo-NMR experiments unambiguously establish molecular structures.
School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, High St, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia. j.beves@unsw.edu.au.
Neil
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Mallo
School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, High St, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia. j.beves@unsw.edu.au.
Patrick T
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Brown
School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, High St, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia. j.beves@unsw.edu.au.
Hasti
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Iranmanesh
School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, High St, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia. j.beves@unsw.edu.au.
Thomas S C
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2219-6759
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MacDonald
School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, High St, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia. j.beves@unsw.edu.au.
Matthew J
MJ
Teusner
School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, High St, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia. j.beves@unsw.edu.au.
Jason B
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JB
Harper
School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, High St, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia. j.beves@unsw.edu.au.
Graham E
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Ball
School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, High St, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia. j.beves@unsw.edu.au.
Jonathon E
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Beves