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Photoswitches beyond azobenzene: a beginner’s guide
- Michela Marcon,
- Christoph Haag and
- Burkhard König
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1808–1853, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.143
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Energy diagram of a two-state photoswitch. Figure 1 was redrawn from [2].
Figure 2: Example of the absorption spectra of the isomers of a photoswitch with most efficient irradiation w...
Scheme 1: Photoswitch classes described in this review.
Figure 3: Azoheteroarenes.
Scheme 2: E–Z Isomerisation (top) and mechanisms of thermal Z–E isomerisation (bottom).
Scheme 3: Rotation mechanism favoured by the electron displacement in push–pull systems. Selected examples of...
Figure 4: A) T-shaped and twisted Z-isomers determine the thermal stability and the Z–E-PSS (selected example...
Figure 5: Effect of di-ortho-substitution on thermal half-life and PSS.
Figure 6: Selected thermal lifetimes of azoindoles in different solvents and concentrations. aConcentration o...
Figure 7: Aryliminopyrazoles: N-pyrazoles (top) and N-phenyl (bottom).
Scheme 4: Synthesis of symmetrical heteroarenes through oxidation (A), reduction (B), and the Bayer–Mills rea...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of diazonium salt (A); different strategies of azo-coupling: with a nucleophilic ring (B)...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of arylazothiazoles 25 (A) and heteroaryltriazoles 28 (B).
Scheme 7: Synthesis of heteroarylimines 31a,b [36-38].
Figure 8: Push–pull non-ionic azo dye developed by Velasco and co-workers [45].
Scheme 8: Azopyridine reported by Herges and co-workers [46].
Scheme 9: Photoinduced phase transitioning azobispyrazoles [47].
Figure 9: Diazocines.
Scheme 10: Isomers, conformers and enantiomers of diazocine.
Scheme 11: Partial overlap of the ππ* band with electron-donating substituents and effect on the PSS. Scheme 11 was ada...
Figure 10: Main properties of diazocines with different bridges. aMeasured in n-hexane [56]. bMeasured in THF. cMe...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of symmetric diazocines.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of asymmetric diazocines.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of O- and S-heterodiazocines.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of N-heterodiazocines.
Scheme 16: Puromycin diazocine photoswitch [60].
Figure 11: Indigoids.
Figure 12: The main representatives of the indigoid photoswitch class.
Scheme 17: Deactivation process that prevents Z-isomerisation of indigo.
Figure 13: Stable Z-indigo derivative synthesised by Wyman and Zenhäusern [67].
Figure 14: Selected examples of indigos with aliphatic and aromatic substituents [68]. Dashed box: proposed π–π in...
Scheme 18: Resonance structures of indigo and thioindigo involving the phenyl ring.
Scheme 19: Possible deactivation mechanism for 4,4'-dihydroxythioindigo [76].
Scheme 20: Effect of different heteroaryl rings on the stability and the photophysical properties of hemiindig...
Figure 15: Thermal half-lives of red-shifted hemithioindigos in toluene [79]. aMeasured in toluene-d8.
Scheme 21: Structures of pyrrole [81] and imidazole hemithioindigo [64].
Figure 16: Examples of fully substituted double bond hemithioindigo (left), oxidised hemithioindigos (centre),...
Scheme 22: Structure of iminothioindoxyl 72 (top) and acylated phenyliminoindolinone photoswitch 73 (bottom). ...
Scheme 23: (top) Transition states of iminothioindoxyl 72. The planar transition state is associated with a lo...
Scheme 24: Baeyer–Drewsen synthesis of indigo (top) and N-functionalisation strategies (bottom).
Scheme 25: Synthesis of hemiindigo.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of hemithioindigo and iminothioindoxyl.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of double-bond-substituted hemithioindigos.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of phenyliminoindolinone.
Scheme 29: Hemithioindigo molecular motor [85].
Figure 17: Arylhydrazones.
Scheme 30: Switching of arylhydrazones. Note: The definitions of stator and rotor are arbitrary.
Scheme 31: Photo- and acidochromism of pyridine-based phenylhydrazones.
Scheme 32: A) E–Z thermal inversion of a thermally stable push–pull hydrazone [109]. B) Rotation mechanism favoured...
Scheme 33: Effect of planarisation on the half-life.
Scheme 34: The longest thermally stable hydrazone switches reported so far (left). Modulation of thermal half-...
Figure 18: Dependency of t1/2 on concentration and hypothesised aggregation-induced isomerisation.
Figure 19: Structure–property relationship of acylhydrazones.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of arylhydrazones.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of acylhydrazones.
Scheme 37: Photoswitchable fluorophore by Aprahamian et al. [115].
Scheme 38: The four-state photoswitch synthesised by the Cigáň group [116].
Figure 20: Diarylethenes.
Scheme 39: Isomerisation and oxidation pathway of E-stilbene to phenanthrene.
Scheme 40: Strategies adapted to avoid E–Z isomerisation and oxidation.
Scheme 41: Molecular orbitals and mechanism of electrocyclisation for a 6π system.
Figure 21: Aromatic stabilisation energy correlated with the thermal stability of the diarylethenes [127,129].
Figure 22: Half-lives of diarylethenes with increasing electron-withdrawing groups [128,129].
Scheme 42: Photochemical degradation pathway promoted by electron-donating groups [130].
Figure 23: The diarylethenes studied by Hanazawa et al. [134]. Increased rigidity leads to bathochromic shift.
Scheme 43: The dithienylethene synthesised by Nakatani's group [135].
Scheme 44: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylated diarylethenes.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of 139 and 142 via McMurry coupling.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of symmetrical derivatives 145 via Suzuki–Miyaura coupling.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of acyclic 148, malonic anhydride 149, and maleimide derivatives 154.
Figure 24: Gramicidin S (top left) and two of the modified diarylethene derivatives: first generation (bottom ...
Scheme 48: Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and its reaction with an amino acid (top). The analogous dithienylethene der...
Figure 25: Fulgides.
Scheme 49: The three isomers of fulgides.
Scheme 50: Thermal and photochemical side products of unsubstituted fulgide [150].
Figure 26: Maximum absorption λc of the closed isomer compared with the nature of the aromatic ring and the su...
Scheme 51: Possible rearrangement of the excited state of 5-dimethylaminoindolylfulgide [153].
Figure 27: Quantum yields of ring closure (ΦE→C) and E–Z isomerisation (ΦE→Z) correlated with the increasing s...
Scheme 52: Active (Eα) and inactive (Eβ) conformers (left) and the bicyclic sterically blocked fulgide 169 (ri...
Scheme 53: Quantum yield of ring-opening (ΦC→E) and E–Z isomerisation (ΦE→Z) for different substitution patter...
Scheme 54: Stobbe condensation pathway for the synthesis of fulgides 179, fulgimides 181 and fulgenates 178.
Scheme 55: Alternative synthesis of fulgides through Pd-catalysed carbonylation.
Scheme 56: Optimised synthesis of fulgimides [166].
Scheme 57: Photoswitchable FRET with a fulgimide photoswitch [167].
Scheme 58: Three-state fulgimide strategy by Slanina's group.
Figure 28: Spiropyrans.
Scheme 59: Photochemical (left) and thermal (right) ring-opening mechanisms for an exemplary spiropyran with a...
Figure 29: Eight possible isomers of the open merocyanine according to the E/Z configurations of the bonds hig...
Scheme 60: pH-Controlled photoisomerisation between the closed spiropyran 191-SP and the open E-merocyanine 19...
Scheme 61: Behaviour of spiropyran in water buffer according to Andréasson and co-workers [180]. 192-SP in an aqueo...
Scheme 62: (left box) Proposed mechanism of basic hydrolysis of MC [184]. (right box) Introduction of electron-dona...
Scheme 63: Photochemical interconversion of naphthopyran 194 (top) and spirooxazine 195 (bottom) photoswitches...
Scheme 64: Synthesis of spiropyrans and spirooxazines 198 and the dicondensation by-product 199.
Scheme 65: Alternative synthesis of spiropyrans and spirooxazines with indolenylium salt 200.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of 4’-substituted spiropyrans 203 by condensation of an acylated methylene indoline 201 w...
Scheme 67: Synthesis of spironaphthopyrans 210 by acid-catalysed condensation of naphthols and diarylpropargyl...
Scheme 68: Photoswitchable surface wettability [194].
Figure 30: Some guiding principles for the choice of the most suitable photoswitch. Note that this guide is ve...
Synthesis of photo- and ionochromic N-acylated 2-(aminomethylene)benzo[b]thiophene-3(2Н)-ones with a terminal phenanthroline group
- Vladimir P. Rybalkin,
- Sofiya Yu. Zmeeva,
- Lidiya L. Popova,
- Irina V. Dubonosova,
- Olga Yu. Karlutova,
- Oleg P. Demidov,
- Alexander D. Dubonosov and
- Vladimir A. Bren
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 552–560, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.47
- inverse photochromism), such as merocyanine forms of spiropyrans and spirooxazines, azomethine imines, thioindigoid dyes and N→O acylotropic systems [12][13][14][15]. Recently, they have been actively used to create next-generation molecular switches, materials with new properties (in particular, color
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of compound 1 and N-acylated compounds 2a–c.
Figure 1: Absorption (1), fluorescence (2, λex = 410 nm) and fluorescence excitation (3, λfl = 465 nm) spectr...
Figure 2: Electronic absorption spectra of compound 2b in acetonitrile before (1) and after 15 s (2), 35 s (3...
Scheme 2: Photoisomerization of N-acylated ketoenamines 2a–c.
Figure 3: Molecular structure of O-acylated isomer 3b. Thermal ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability le...
Figure 4: Fragment of the molecular packing of compound 3b, showing π–π interactions in the crystalline state...
Figure 5: Absorption spectra of compound 2a in acetonitrile before (1) and after (2) the addition of Fe2+ (c2a...
Figure 6: Changes in the absorption intensity of compound 2a in acetonitrile at 520 nm after the addition of ...
Scheme 3: Sequential interaction of compounds 2a–c with Fe2+ and AcO−.
Figure 7: Job’s plot at the wavelength 429 nm, reflecting the interaction of compound 2a with Fe2+ in acetoni...
Figure 8: Fluorescence intensity of compound 2a upon alternate addition of Fe2+ and AcO−.
Cation-induced ring-opening and oxidation reaction of photoreluctant spirooxazine–quinolizinium conjugates
- Phil M. Pithan,
- Sören Steup and
- Heiko Ihmels
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 904–916, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.82
- -accepting styrylquinolizinium or styrylcoralyne unit, respectively, were synthesized, and the influence of such an arylvinyl substituent on the chemical and photochemical properties of the compounds was investigated. Specifically, these spirooxazines turned out to be resistant towards the photoinduced
- +. Keywords: oxazole; oxidation; quinolizinium; spirooxazines; styryl dyes; Introduction Spiropyrans and spirooxazines are exemplary photochromic compounds that have gained great attention in the last decades because they allow to reversibly alter and control the physical and chemical properties of
- 0.93 (s, 3’-Me) that are again significantly shifted upfield in comparison to the ones of 4a. It has already been shown that spirooxazines may react in certain cases to oxazole derivatives. However, depending on the employed conditions, different mechanisms for the formation of these oxidation products
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Photo- or cation-induced ring-opening reaction of spirooxazine 1aSO; Mn+ = Pb2+, La3+, Eu3+, Tb3+ [17].
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the spirooxazine–quinolizinium conjugates 3a and 3b.
Figure 1: Colors of the solutions resulting from the addition of metal ions (c = 50 µM) to derivative 3a (c =...
Figure 2: Spectrophotometric titration of 3a (A) and 3b (B) (c = 20 µM) with Cu(BF4)2 (c = 2.44 mM) in MeCN. ...
Figure 3: Absorption (A) and fluorescence spectrum (B) of 3a in MeCN (c = 5 µM) in the absence (black) and in...
Figure 4: Emission colors of solutions resulting from the addition of metal ions (c = 50 µM) to derivative 3a...
Scheme 3: Cu2+-induced formation of the oxazole derivatives 4a and 4b.
Figure 5: 1H NMR spectra (600 MHz, 6.4–9.4 ppm) of 3a (c = 2.0 mM) in the absence (A) and in the presence (B–...
Figure 6: Spectral changes of 3a (c = 20 µM) upon the addition of Cu2+ (A) and Fe3+ (B) (cM+ = 60 µM) in MeCN...
Scheme 4: Proposed mechanism for the formation of the oxazole derivatives 4a and 4b (cf. Scheme 3); Mn+ = Cu2+, Fe3+,...
Design, synthesis and investigation of water-soluble hemi-indigo photoswitches for bioapplications
- Daria V. Berdnikova
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2822–2829, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.275
- beyond 3000 years have been achieved [14]. Unlike most of the widely applied photochromes (spiropyrans, spirooxazines, chromenes, dithienylethenes, etc.), both forms of hemi-indigo absorb in the visible light region. Therefore, photochemical switching does not require the use of the UV light, which is of
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of hemi-indigo derivatives Z-1a–c.
Scheme 2: Synthetic routes to alkylamino-substituted dimethoxy hemi-indigo Z-1c.
Figure 1: Photoswitching of hemi-indigo derivatives: (A) Z-1a, c = 20 μM in H2O with 10% (v/v) DMSO, λex = 42...
Scheme 3: Photoswitching of hemi-indigo derivatives.
Figure 2: Absorption spectra of the Z-isomer (black), two photostationary states obtained upon irradiation wi...
