Jiarong Wu, Clara Li, Lasse Kreimendahl and Jake L. Greenfield
Chem. Commun., 2024,60, 12365-12368
DOI:
10.1039/D4CC03517H,
Communication
We recently demonstrated that suitably functionalised aryliminopyrazoles can exhibit useful photoswitching properties. This study investigates the photoswitching potential of iminobispyrazoles (IBPs). We find that the regiochemistry of the IBPs strongly dictates their photoswitching properties, most notably, the λmax, the photostationary state, and the thermal half-life of the Z-isomer.