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JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 80, Issue 24, Pages 12177-12181Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b02116
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- FCT (Portugal's Foundation for Science and Technology) through the research unit Centro de Quimica-Vila Real [POCTISFA-3-616]
- FEDER through the research unit Centro de Quimica-Vila Real [POCTISFA-3-616]
- Region Nord-Pas de Calais (France)
- Ministere de la Jeunesse de l'Education Nationale et de la Recherche (MJENR)
- Fonds Europeens de Developpement Regional (FEDER)
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Photochromic molecules can reversibly develop color upon irradiation with UV light. These smart molecules, mainly in the naphthopyran family, have been applied with success to ophthalmic lenses that darken quickly under sunlight and revert to the uncolored state after several minutes in the dark. This slow adaptation to the absence of light is One of the limitations and is due to the formation of an unwanted photoisomer. We have designed a new naphthopyran with a bridged structure which prohibits the formation of the undesirable, persistent photoisomer and thus shows a very fast switching between the uncolored and colored states. UV irradiation of a hybrid siloxane matrix doped with the new fused naphthopyran leads to the formation of a pink coloration bleaching in a few milliseconds, in the absence of light, at room temperature. This new fused naphthopyran is easily prepared in three steps from readily accessible precursors and is amenable to structural modifications to tailor color and lifetime of the colored photoisomer.
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