Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.122, No.8, 1589-1592, 2000
X-ray crystallographic study on single-crystalline photochromism of bis(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene
The single-crystalline cycloreversion reaction of a photochromic diarylethene, bis(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene, was studied by X-ray single-crystal structure analysis. The single crystal of the closed-ring form isomer was irradiated with 680 nm light and formation of the open-ring form isomer was followed. The crystal structure analysis revealed that the cycloreversion reaction proceeded in the single crystal in a conrotatory mode.