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Electronic structure of light-induced lophyl radical derived from a novel hexaarylbiimidazole with π-conjugated chromophore
Kikuchi, Azusa,Iyoda, Tomokazu,Abe, Jiro
, p. 1484 - 1485 (2002)
A novel photochromic hexaarylbiimidazole with a bithienyl group as an extended π-conjugation unit was synthesized and the light-induced lophyl radical was found to be stabilized due to the delocalization of an unpaired electron, and to strongly absorb near-infrared light.
