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All Visible Light Photoswitch Based on the Dimethyldihydropyrene Unit Operating in Aqueous Solutions with High Quantum Yields

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Molecular systems and devices whose properties can be modulated using light as an external stimulus are the subject of numerous research studies in the fields of materials and life sciences. In this context, the use of photochromic compounds that reversibly switch upon light irradiation is particularly attractive. However, for many envisioned applications, and in particular for biological purposes, illumination with harmful UV light must be avoided and these photoactivable systems must operate in aqueous media. In this context, we have designed a benzo[e]-fused dimethyldihydropyrene compound bearing a methyl-pyridinium electroacceptor group that meets these requirements. This compound (closed state) is able to reversibly isomerize under aerobic conditions into its corresponding cyclophanediene form (open isomer) through the opening of its central carbon–carbon bond. Both the photo-opening and the reverse photoclosing processes are triggered by visible light illumination and proceed with high quantum yields (respectively 14.5% yield at λ = 680 nm and quantitative quantum yield at λ = 470 nm, in water). This system has been investigated by nuclear magnetic resonance and absorption spectroscopy, and the efficient photoswitching behavior was rationalized by spin-flip time-dependent density functional theory calculations. In addition, it is demonstrated that the isomerization from the open to the closed form can be electrocatalytically triggered.
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Zakaria Ziani, Saioa Cobo, Frédérique Loiseau, Damien Jouvenot, Elise Lognon, et al.. All Visible Light Photoswitch Based on the Dimethyldihydropyrene Unit Operating in Aqueous Solutions with High Quantum Yields. JACS Au, 2023, 3 (1), pp.131-142. ⟨10.1021/jacsau.2c00552⟩. ⟨hal-03954232⟩
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