Issue 45, 2014

Reversible photochromic switching in a Ru(ii) polypyridyl complex

Abstract

Fully reversible photoswitching of the coordination mode of the ligand MeN4Py (1,1-di(pyridin-2-yl)-N,N′-bis(pyridin-2-yl-methyl)-ethan-1-amine) in its ruthenium(II) complex with visible light is reported. Irradiation with visible light results in dissociation of a pyridyl moiety, which is reversed by irradiation at 355 nm.

Graphical abstract: Reversible photochromic switching in a Ru(ii) polypyridyl complex

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Aug 2014
Accepted
16 Sep 2014
First published
16 Sep 2014

Dalton Trans., 2014,43, 16974-16976

Author version available

Reversible photochromic switching in a Ru(II) polypyridyl complex

D. Unjaroen, J. B. Kasper and W. R. Browne, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 16974 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT02430C

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