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Mechanistic studies on the photochromism of [e]-annelated dimethyldihydropyrenes
Molina A L Sheepwash1, Timothy R Ward, Yunxia Wang
1University of Victoria, Department of Chemistry, PO Box 3065, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8W 3V6.
Abstract:
The photochemistry of several photochromic arene [e]-annelated dimethyldihydropyrenes (DHPs) was studied. These compounds have much larger photochemical ring opening quantum yields than the simple DHPs, making them potentially more useful as building blocks for photoswitchable materials.