Reactivity-gated photochromism of 1,2-dithienylethenes for potential use in dosimetry applications

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2969-2972

  Lemieux, Vincent ^a   Branda, Neil R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; BICYCLO COMPOUND; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; CYCLIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; BUTADIENES; COLORIMETRY; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; THIOPHENES;

EID: 22244470730     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol050971p     Document Type: Article

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12. 2) were used to carry out the ring-closing reaction of both photochromic compounds used in this study (313 nm light source). The ring-opening reactions were carried out using the light of a 150 W tungsten source that was passed through a 415 nm cutoff filter to eliminate higher energy light.