Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2012,8, 1003–1017, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.113
-chromophore and the thermal cis-to-trans isomerisation, the kinetics and mechanism are also discussed as a key point for reaching azoderivatives endowed with fast thermal back-isomerisation kinetics.
Keywords: kinetics; light-controlledmaterials; molecular switches; photochromic switches; push–pull
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Graphical Abstract
Figure 1:
Some important families of photochromic compounds and their photochromic reactions.