Chem. Lett. Vol. 2006, 35, 628-629

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PhotochromismofDiarylethene-functionalizedPolystyrenewithHighConversioninaSolid-statePolymerFilm

SeiyaKobatakeÃandHirotsuguKurataniDepartmentofAppliedChemistry,GraduateSchoolofEngineering,OsakaCityUniversity,3-3-138Sugimoto,Sumiyoshi-ku,Osaka558-8585

(ReceivedMarch20,2006;CL-060337;E-mail:kobatake@a-chem.eng.osaka-cu.ac.jp)

Photochromicpolymersthatexhibitthermallyirreversibleandphotochemicallyreversiblecolorchangesweresynthesizedbyradicalpolymerizationofastyrenemonomerhavingaphoto-chromicdiarylethenechromophore.Thephotocolorationreac-tionofthepolymerproceededwithhighconversioneveninthesolid-statepolymerfilm.

Thermallyirreversiblephotochromiccompoundsarepoten-tiallyapplicableforopticalmemory,display,andswitchingde-vices.1,2Theuseofphotochromiccompoundsforsuchdevices

requirestorespondinhighsensitivityinasolidstate.Diaryl-ethenescanundergothermallyirreversibleandfatigueresistantphotochromicreactionseveninasolidstate.3–5Althoughvari-oustypesofphotochromicdiarylethenepolymershavebeensofarreported,6–18inmostcasesthephotocolorationreactioninthesolidfilmdoesnotreachtohighconversion.Diaryletheneshavetwostableconformations,antiparallelandparallelones.Theyareinequilibriumeachotherinsolution.19Thephoto-cyclizationreactioncanproceedonlyfromtheantiparallelcon-formation(Scheme1).Inthesolidstate,themaximumconver-siondependsonacontentoftheantiparallelconformationsiftheconformationsarefixed.Ifthethienylgroupsarerotatedinthepolymerfilm,aphotocolorationreactionisexpectedtoreachtohighconversioneveninsolid-statepolymerfilms.Someofdiaryletheneamorphousfilmshadhighphotochromicconver-sions.20,21Inthiswork,weexaminedphotochromicreactionsofpolystyrenehavingadiarylethenechromophore(Scheme2).Thediarylethenechromophoreinpolymer2awasfoundtoex-changebetweenreactiveantiparallelandnonreactiveparallelconformationsatroomtemperatureinthepolymerfilmevenbelowglass-transitiontemperature(Tg).Asaresult,thephoto-cyclizationreactionproceedswithhighconversioninasolid-statepolymerfilm.Suchpolymerscanexhibithighsensitivityforcolorationeveninthinfilms.Styrenemonomerhavingadiarylethenechromophore1awassynthesizedandcarefullypurifiedbyHPLCtogivecolor-lesscrystals(seeSupportingInformation).Themonomerwaspolymerizedbyaradicalpolymerization(seeSupportingInfor-mation).Thepolymerhadahighmolecularweight(Mn¼40;400)andapolydispersityof2.18.ThepolymerwassolubleinCHCl3,THF,andacetone,anditwasinsolubleinmethanol.Tgofthepolymerwasdeterminedtobe106󰀂C,whichissimilartothoseofpolystyreneandpoly(p-substitutedstyrene)s.22Photochromicbehaviorofpolymer2awasexaminedintol-uene.Uponirradiationwithultraviolet(UV)lightthesolutionturnedtoblue.Thebluecolorisduetotheformationoftheclosed-ringform.Figure1ashowsabsorptionspectralchangesuponphotoirradiation.Uponirradiationwith313-nmlight,anewabsorptionbandappearedat592nm.Theabsorptionbandincreasedinirradiationtimeshowinganisosbesticpointat313nm.Aftertheirradiationfor10min,thesolutionreachedinaphotostationarystate.Theblue-coloredsolutionwasbleach-edbyvisiblelightirradiation(󰀁>500nm).

Toexaminetheconversionfromtheopen-toclosed-ringformsofthediarylethenechromophore,1HNMRspectroscopywasemployed.Themethylprotonsin2aexistat1.85ppm.AfterirradiationwithUVlightforafewminutes,anewpeakappearedat2.08ppm,whichisassignedtothemethylprotonsinthe

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Figure1.Absorptionspectralchangesofdiarylethenepolymer2aintoluene(a)andinfilm(b)uponirradiationwith313-nmlight.

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