Photochromism of new diarylethene derivatives based on the hybrid photochromic skeleton of benzofuran and benzene moieties
摘要:
Four new photochromic diarylethenes with both benzofuran and benzene moieties were synthesized, and the structures of three diarylethenes were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The six-membered benzene ring was connected directly to the central perfluorocyclopentene unit as an aryl moiety and available to participate in photoisomerization reaction. All the diarylethenes exhibit favorable photochromism and function as notable fluorescence switches in both hexane and poly(methyl methacrylate) films. The electron-donating substituents effectively enhanced the cyclization quantum yields, while the electron-withdrawing substituents notably shifted the fluorescent emission peaks to a longer wavelength in both solution and poly(methyl methacrylate) films. The result indicated that the different substituents linked at the reactive carbon atom of the benzene moiety had a significant effect on their optical and electrochemical properties. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Photochromism of new unsymmetrical diarylethene derivatives bearing both benzofuran and thiophene moieties
摘要:
A new class of unsymmetrical photochromic diarylethenes bearing both benzofuran and thiophene moieties was synthesized and the effects of substitution on their properties were discussed systematically. Two compounds among them show distinctly different conformation in the single crystalline phase: one crystallizes with an anti-parallel conformation which exhibit good photochromism, whereas the other crystallizes with a parallel conformation which exhibits no photochromism in the crystalline phase. Each of the compounds exhibited remarkable photochromism and functioned as a fluorescent switch in both solution and PMMA films. The electron-donating groups significantly increased the cyclization quantum yield, depressed the cycloreversion quantum yield, shifted the emission peak to a longer wavelength, and decreased the emission intensity; while the electron-withdrawing groups functioned as an inverse action for these diarylethene derivatives. The cyclic voltammograms results revealed that these diarylethenes exhibited evident electrochromism during electrolysis and the oxidative cyclization is thermodynamically. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.