Abstract
A new unsymmetrical photochromic diarylethene compound, 1-(2-Methyl-3-benzothiophene)-2-(5-(4-ethynyl)-2-methylthiophen-3-yl)Perfluorocyclopentene (1o),was synthesized and its photochemical, fluorescence properties were investigated systematically both in solution and PMMA amorphous film. The results showed that this compound exhibited reversible photochromism, changing from colorless to pink after irradiation with 297 nm UV light both in solution and in PMMA amorphous film. The photochromic reaction kinetics indicated that the cyclization processes of 1 belong to the zeroth order reaction and the cycloreversion process belong to the first order reaction.
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