Photochromic inactive dithienylethene derivatives appended with 3- or 5-dimesitylboryl-2,2′-bithiophene have been synthesized. Upon fluoride ion-binding, the photochromic reactivity is "unlocked", displaying a novel gated photochromic property. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
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Poon, C. T., Lam, W. H., & Yam, V. W. W. (2011). Gated photochromism in triarylborane-containing dithienylethenes: A new approach to a “lock-unlock” system. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(49), 19622–19625. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja208097a
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