| Literature DB >> 15987182 |
Vincent Lemieux1, Neil R Branda.
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[reaction: see text] A novel molecular switching system based on reactivity-gated photochromism operates because a butadiene undergoes a [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction with a dienophile to produce the photoresponsive 1,2-dithienylethene backbone. The reversible change in color when samples are irradiated with appropriate wavelengths of light occurs only after the Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction takes place.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15987182 DOI: 10.1021/ol050971p
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005