A multiple switching diarylethene dimer with a bis(benzylene)amine-linked naphthalimide unit

作者：Wei, Shasha; Li, Xue; Fan, Congbin; Liu, Gang^*; Pu, Shouzhi^*

来源：Tetrahedron, 2017, 73(43): 6164-6171.

DOI：10.1016/j.tet.2017.09.010

• Photochromism
• Diarylethene dimer
• Naphthalimide
• Recognition of ions
• Fluorescence switch

A novel photochromic diarylethene dimer with a bis(benzylene)amine-linked naphthalimide unit was synthesized, and its photochemical properties were systematically studied. Upon irradiation with ultraviolet light, a singly-closed isomer and a fully-closed isomer were reversibly formed, which were confirmed by the results of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Additionally, the diarylethene dimer could be used as a multi-addressable fluorescence switch when triggered by light, proton, and metal ions. Moreover, a logic circuit was constructed with the unimolecular platform by using the fluorescence intensity at 445 nm as output and appropriate combinational stimuli of UV light, Al3+, and EDTA as inputs.

• 出版日期2017-10-26
• 单位江西科技师范大学