Synthesis and Properties of 1,2-Bis[2-Methyl-5-(9,9-Dihexyl-Fluorene)-3-Thienyl]Perfluorocyclopentene
A new symmetrical photochromic diarylethene 1,2-bis [2-methyl-5-(9,9-dihexyl-fluorene)-3-thienyl] perfluorocyclopentene (1o) has been synthesized, and its optoelectronic properties, such as photochromism and the fluorescence spectra of diarylethene 1o in acetonitrile solution was investigated. The maxima absorption of compound closed-ring isomer 1c is 619 nm. The open-ring isomer of the diarylethene 1o exhibited fluorescence at 390 nm. Its fluorescence intensity decreased along with the photochromism from open-ring isomers to closed-ring isomers upon irradiation with 297 nm UV light,The results showed that this compound exhibited reversible photochromism and fluorescent switching in solution after irradiation with UV light and visible light.