Abstract
Abstract Tetraarylanthraquinodimethane derivatives 1 with butterfly-shaped folded structures and the corresponding dications 12+ with twisted conformations can undergo interconversion upon two-electron transfer, which is accompanied by a drastic color change. While reversible electrochromic behavior occurs in solution, electron donors 1 exhibit fluorescence only in the solid state. The emission color changed upon grinding as-synthesized samples of 1, and the original emission color was recovered by a dissolving-drying process. Such mechanofluorochromic behavior can be accounted for by the results of powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), for which as-synthesized crystalline sample was transformed into an amorphous state after grinding. Thus, the title electron donors 1 provided two-way chromic systems exhibiting electrochromism in solution as well as mechanofluorochromism in a solid state.
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