Controlling the stepwise closing of identical DTE photochromic units with electrochemical and optical stimuli.

Yves-Marie Hervault (1) , Cheikh Mbacké Ndiaye (2) , Lucie Norel (2) , Corinne Lagrost (2) , Stéphane Rigaut (2)

1 Organométalliques : Matériaux et Catalyse
2 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes

The full or stepwise controlled closing of identical photochromic dithienylethene units in the same molecule was addressed with a combination of electrochemical and optical stimuli in a trimetallic carbon-rich ruthenium complex.

Domaines: Chimie organique

Yves-Marie Hervault, Cheikh Mbacké Ndiaye, Lucie Norel, Corinne Lagrost, Stéphane Rigaut. Controlling the stepwise closing of identical DTE photochromic units with electrochemical and optical stimuli.. Organic Letters, 2012, 14 (17), pp.4454-7. ⟨10.1021/ol301954u⟩. ⟨hal-00743710⟩