1415920-01-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
O -fluoroazobenzenes as readily synthesized photoswitches offering nearly quantitative two-way isomerization with visible light
Bleger, David,Schwarz, Jutta,Brouwer, Albert M.,Hecht, Stefan
, p. 20597 - 20600 (2012)
Azobenzene functionalized with ortho-fluorine atoms has a lower energy of the n-orbital of the Z-isomer, resulting in a separation of the E and Z isomers' n→π* absorption bands. Introducing para-substituents allows for further tuning of the absorption spe
