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Photochromic dinuclear iridium(III) complexes having phenoxyl-imidazolyl radical complex derivatives
Yoshinori Okayasu1, Takuya Miyahara1, Rintaro Shimada2
1Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan. ykobayas@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp.
Abstract:
We demonstrate that the phenoxyl-imidazolyl radical complex (PIC), which is a rate-tunable fast photoswitch, can be used as a ligand that directly coordinates with iridium (III) ions. The iridium complexes show the characteristic photochromic reactions originating from the PIC moiety, whereas the behaviour of transient species is substantially different from that of the PIC.
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