Issue 1, 2019

Fluorescence switching with subphthalocyanine-dihydroazulene dyads

Abstract

One convenient way of reversibly modulating the emission properties of a fluorophore is by introducing a photochromic unit that upon irradiation is converted into an isomeric unit that can quench the fluorescence of the fluorophore. Here we present the synthesis of two dyads containing a boron subphthalocyanine (SubPc) fluorophore and the dihydroazulene (DHA) photoswitch. Upon photoisomerization, the DHA unit is converted to a vinylheptafulvene (VHF) unit that was found to efficiently quench the SubPc fluorescence when placed at the axial boron position of the SubPc. The original fluorescence was restored by thermal conversion of the VHF to DHA. Fluorescence was thereby turned off and on by successive light-heat cycles. The other dyad has the DHA unit placed at the periphery of the SubPc, and this dyad showed instead limited photostability.

Graphical abstract: Fluorescence switching with subphthalocyanine-dihydroazulene dyads

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Oct 2018
Accepted
08 Jan 2019
First published
14 Jan 2019

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2019,4, 199-205

Fluorescence switching with subphthalocyanine-dihydroazulene dyads

H. Gotfredsen, M. D. Kilde, M. Santella, A. Kadziola and M. B. Nielsen, Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2019, 4, 199 DOI: 10.1039/C8ME00075A

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