A new series of azobenzene-bridged metal-free organic dyes and application on DSSC
A series of novel azobenzene-based dyes were designed and synthesized using azobenzene as the π-spacer unit to connect diarylamino and cyanoacetic acids for construction of the D–π–A conformation. The introduction of a thienyl into the anchor group (A) co
Chiu, Kuo Yuan,Ha Tran, Thai Thi,Chang, Sheng Hsiung,Yang, Te-Fang,Su, Yuhlong Oliver
p. 512 - 519
(2017/07/28)
Efficient iron/copper cocatalyzed N-arylation of arylamines with bromoarenes
Fe(acac)3 and Cu(OAc)2H2O were found to effectively promote the C-N cross-coupling reaction in the presence of K 2CO3 as the base. A series of diaryl amine with different substituents can be synthesized in moderate to good yields. This efficient and economic method is attractive for applications on an industrial scale. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart - New York.
Liu, Xiaoyan,Zhang, Songlin
supporting information; experimental part
p. 1137 - 1142
(2011/07/09)
Creation of azobenzene-based photochromic amorphous molecular materials - Synthesis, glass-forming properties, and photochromic response
A novel family of azobenzene-based photochromic amorphous molecular materials has been created. They were found to readily form amorphous glasses with well-defined glass-transition temperatures and to exhibit photochromism as amorphous films as well as in solution. It was found that their quantum yields of trans-cis photoisomerization were smaller as amorphous films than in solution and that the backward cis-trans thermal isomerization reactions as amorphous films were either accelerated or retarded relative to those in solution, depending upon their molecular structures. In addition, the rate acceleration for the cis-trans thermal isomerization as amorphous films relative to solution was found to be more prominent as the irradiation time for generating the cis-isomer became shorter. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2007.