A new unsymmetrical photochromic diarylethene, 1-[2,4-dimethyl-5-thiazolyl]-2-[2-methyl-5-(3-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-thienyl] perfluorocyclopentene (1o) was synthesized, and its properties, such as photochromism in solution as well as in poly-methylmethacrylate (PMMA) amorphous film, and fluorescence properties were investigated in detail. The results showed the compound exhibited good photochromism in hexane solution and in PMMA amorphous film, the maxima absorption of its closed-ring isomer1care 490 nm and 495 nm respectively. The open-ring isomer of the diarylethene1oexhibited relatively strong fluorescence at 449 nm in hexane solution (2 × 10-5mol/L) when excited at 330 nm and at 438 nm in PMMA amorphous film when excited at 280 nm. The fluorescence intensity decreased along with the photochromism upon irradiation with 297 nm light.
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