Université de Fribourg

Synthesis, photophysical, photochemical, and redox properties of nitrospiropyrans substituted with Ru or Os tris(bipyridine) complexes

Jukes, Ron T. F. ; Bozic, Biljana ; Hartl, František ; Belser, Peter ; De Cola, Luisa

In: Inorganic Chemistry, 2006, vol. 45, no. 20, p. 8326 -8341

Photochromic nitrospiropyrans substituted with 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy), [Ru(bpy)₃]²⁺, and [Os(bpy)₃]²⁺ groups were synthesized, and their photophysical, photochemical, and redox properties investigated. Substitution of the spiropyran with the metal complex moiety results in strongly decreased efficiency of the ring-opening process as a result of energy transfer from the excited spiropyran...