Rational design of photochromic diarylbenzene with both high photoreactivity and fast thermal back reactivity
Rikuto Maegawa, Daichi Kitagawa, Shota Hamatani, Seiya Kobatake
Abstract
Utilizing the intramolecular CH–N hydrogen bonding and the bulky substituents at the reactive carbons resulted in the development of photochromic diarylbenzene with both high photoreactivity and fast thermal back reactivity.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryPhotochromismReactivity (psychology)PhotochemistryThermalRational designNanotechnologyThermodynamicsMedicineMaterials scienceAlternative medicinePathologyPhysicsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryRadical Photochemical ReactionsOrganic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions