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Photochromic Torsional Switch (PTS): a light-driven actuator for the dynamic tuning of π-conjugation extension† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Synthetic procedures, NMR spectra, TDDFT calculations and excited states assignments. See DOI: 10.1039/c6sc03196j Click here for additional data file.
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Photochromic Torsional Switch (PTS): a light-driven actuator for the dynamic tuning of π-conjugation extension† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Synthetic procedures, NMR spectra, TDDFT calculations and excited states assignments. See DOI: 10.1039/c6sc03196j Click here for additional data file.
Here we present a molecular architecture that can reversibly change the geometric conformation of its π-system backbone via irradiation with two different wavelengths. The proposed ‘molecular actuator’ consists of a photoswitchable azobenzene orthogonally connected to a π-conjugated bithiophene by both direct and aliphatic linker-assisted bonding. Upon exposure to 350 nm light, the trans azobenzene moiety isomerizes to its cis form, causing the bithiophene to assume a semiplanar anti conformation (extended π-conjugation). Exposure to 254 nm light promotes the isomerization of the azobenzene unit back to its initial extended trans conformation, thus forcing the bithiophene fragment to twist out of coplanarity (restricted π-conjugation). The molecular conformation of the bithiophene was characterized using steady-state UV-vis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, as well as ab initio computations. The proposed molecular design could be envisaged as a π-conjugation modulator, which has potential to be incorporated into extended linear π-systems, i.e. via the terminal α-thiophene positions, and used to tune their optical and electronic properties.
The conjugation of a bithiophene was reversibly modulated over several cycles through the isomerization of an azobenzene.
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