Geometrical Evolution and Formation of the Photoproduct in the Cycloreversion Reaction of a Diarylethene Derivative Probed by Vibrational Spectroscopy

Hikaru Sotome; Hajime Okajima; Tatsuhiro Nagasaka; Yuka Tachii; Akira Sakamoto; Seiya Kobatake; Masahiro Irie; Hiroshi Miyasaka

doi:10.1002/cphc.202000550

Geometrical Evolution and Formation of the Photoproduct in the Cycloreversion Reaction of a Diarylethene Derivative Probed by Vibrational Spectroscopy

Chemphyschem. 2020 Jul 17;21(14):1485. doi: 10.1002/cphc.202000550.

Authors

Hikaru Sotome¹, Hajime Okajima², Tatsuhiro Nagasaka¹, Yuka Tachii¹, Akira Sakamoto², Seiya Kobatake³, Masahiro Irie⁴, Hiroshi Miyasaka¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Frontier Materials Science and, Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan.
² Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan.
³ Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan.
⁴ Department of Chemistry and, Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 32672424
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000550

Abstract

The front cover artwork is provided by the groups of Prof. Hiroshi Miyasaka (Osaka University, Japan), Prof. Masahiro Irie (Rikkyo University, Japan), Prof. Seiya Kobatake (Osaka City University, Japan) and Prof. Akira Sakamoto (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan). The image shows the coherently vibrating closed form of a photochromic diarylethene derivative in the excited state, and subsequent structural evolution into the open form in the cycloreversion reaction. Read the full text of the Article at 10.1002/cphc.202000315.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't