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Rational design of a visible-light photochromic diarylethene: a simple strategy by extending conjugation with electron donating groups

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Photochromic diarylethenes have been widely used in many fields. However, their cyclization process must be induced by UV light. In this article, a simple strategy is developed by extending π-conjugation with electron donating groups. The modified dirylethene derivative can photocyclolize under 405-nm light with a good photochromic efficiency. Meanwhile, its absorption and moderate fluorescence can be switched effectively in both directions by visible lights (405 and 520 nm, respectively) in different solutions and in living cells. We believe that this simple method will become a versatile strategy for develo** various dirylethylenes with visible-light photochromism.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21877011, 21576038, 21421005), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (DUT16TD21), Science Program of Dalian City (2014J11JH133, 2015J12JH207) and the Supercomputing Center of Dalian University of Technology.

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    Shanliang Tang, Fengling Song & **aojun Peng

  2. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China

    Meiheng Lu & Keli Han

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Tang, S., Song, F., Lu, M. et al. Rational design of a visible-light photochromic diarylethene: a simple strategy by extending conjugation with electron donating groups. Sci. China Chem. 62, 451–459 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-018-9381-1

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