Multistate π Switches: Synthesis and Photochemistry of a Molecule Containing Three Switchable Annelated Dihydropyrene Units
作者:Reginald H. Mitchell、Cornelia Bohne、Yunxia Wang、Subhajit Bandyopadhyay、Chelsea B. Wozniak
DOI:10.1021/jo052153g
日期:2006.1.1
The synthesis of the multistate photochromic switch 3 is described. This switch contains three dihydropyrene (DHP) units in the most conjugated fully closed form 3-c,c,c. The thermally stable form has the central DHP unit open and is 3-c,o,c. NMR and laser flash photolysis experiments were used to characterize the multiple states in the photoswitching of 3 by visible and UV light. Three of the possible five isomeric states of 3-c,o,c were observed. Irradiation of 3-c,o,c by visible light led to the formation of 3-o,o,o via the isomer 3-c,o,o as an intermediate, which were observed by NMR. Irradiation by UV light led to the formation of 3-c,c,c, which decays with a lifetime of 7.5 ms.