Issue 3, 2018

Structurally and electronically modulated spin interaction of transient biradicals in two photon-gated stepwise photochromism

Abstract

The development of two-photon induced photochromic compounds is important for advanced photoresponsive materials. The utilization of the long-lived transient states or species for two-photon absorption is one of the efficient strategies to realize the advanced photochemical behavior beyond a one-photon photochemical reaction. We have synthesized bi-photochromic compounds composed of two photochromic phenoxyl-imidazolyl radical complex units. The biphotochromic compounds generate two biradical units when the two photochromic units absorb photons with a stepwise manner. The interaction between the two biradicals through the central bridging phenyl ring is the key feature to control the stepwise photochromic reaction. Here, we introduced aromatic spacers in order to modulate the distance and the dihedral angle between the biradical units. The color and the rate of the thermal back reaction of the stepwise photochromism can be regulated by the control of the central bridging part. These results give important insights to develop desirable advanced photoresponsive compounds.

Graphical abstract: Structurally and electronically modulated spin interaction of transient biradicals in two photon-gated stepwise photochromism

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Nov 2017
Accepted
02 Jan 2018
First published
03 Jan 2018

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2018,17, 290-301

Structurally and electronically modulated spin interaction of transient biradicals in two photon-gated stepwise photochromism

I. Yonekawa, K. Mutoh, Y. Kobayashi and J. Abe, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2018, 17, 290 DOI: 10.1039/C7PP00420F

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