Citation: Jia-Qi Zhang, Qiao-Chun Wang, Lei Zou, Chun-Yang Jia. Synthesis and properties of novel photochromic bisthienylethenes containing imidazole and imidazolium derivatives[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2014, 25(05): 762-766. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2014.01.033 shu

Synthesis and properties of novel photochromic bisthienylethenes containing imidazole and imidazolium derivatives

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a Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China;
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b State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China

Corresponding author: Lei Zou,
Received Date: 16 November 2013
Available Online: 13 January 2014
Fund Project: This work was financially supported by National Basic Research 973 Program (No. 2013CB733700) (No. 2013CB733700)

A series of bisthienylethenes containing imidazole and imidazolium derivatives have been prepared and the products have been characterized by means of NMR and MS. Their photochromic and fluorescent switch properties have been investigated by UV-vis absorption spectra and fluorescence spectra. The fluorescent emissions of these kinds of photochromic compounds can be simply modulated by varying the imidazole groups, which shows that these compounds may have potential application in the design of fluorescent photochromic materials.
- Photochromism,
- Bisthienylethenes,
- Imidazole,
- Fluorescence
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