A Photo-Responsive Organogel Based on Pyrene-Substituted Acylhydrazone Derivative

作者:Chai Qing; Wei Jue; Bai Binglian; Wang Haitao; Li Min
来源:Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2017, 35(12): 1829-1834.
DOI:10.1002/cjoc.201700280

摘要

A new simple pyrene-substituted acylhydrazone derivative, 4-(3,4-dioctyloxy) phenyl-1-pyrene acylhydrazone (PAH-8), was designed and synthesized. The PAH-8 can form thermo-reversible organogel in DMSO, and shows gelation-induced enhanced fluorescence emission. Xerogel exhibits ribbon-like fibrous aggregates with widths of 0.5-1 m. The PAH-8 organogel indicates photo-responsive behaviors due to the trans-cis isomerizations of -C=N- bond upon exposure to visible or UV light. Upon visible light irradiation, the partial trans-cis isomerization of the -C=N- bond causes the fiber morphology to disappear, resulting in gel-sol transition, whereas the PAH-8 organogel exhibits few photoisomerizations from trans to cis transition without breakage of the gel state upon UV light irradiation.