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SUBMITTER: Hopf H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2707062 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20090507
The title compound, 4,13-bis[(1E,3E)-4-(9-anthracenyl)buta-1,3-dienyl][2.2]paracyclophane (2), prepared in 35% overall yield from [2.2]paracyclophane, absorbs light at lambda(max) = 400 nm with a tail down to 480 nm. By irradiation into this band, 2 generates a single photoproduct, 4, whose absorption maximum is situated at 306 nm. The starting material is recovered by irradiation at 306 nm or by heating. This 'inverse' photochromic system has a potential for optical information storage, compoun ...[more]