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Professor Matthew J. Fuchter

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Professor of Chemistry
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5815m.fuchter

 
 
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Location

 

110DMolecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Gibson:2019:10.1002/cptc.201900065,
author = {Gibson, R and Calbo, J and Fuchter, MJ},
doi = {10.1002/cptc.201900065},
journal = {ChemPhotoChem},
pages = {372--377},
title = {Chemical ZE isomer switching of arylazopyrazoles using acid},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cptc.201900065},
volume = {3},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Arylazopyrazoles show significant potential as nextgeneration photoswitches, in particular because of the high thermal stability of their Zisomers. Herein we investigate the potential to perform Z−Eisomer chemical switching of arylazopyrazoles using acid. We show that acidaccelerated isomerisation allows for robust Z−E switching using mild acids and opens up the possibility to use lightacid cycles to near quantitatively and reversibly switch the arylazopyrazoles at room temperature. We attribute the chemical switching to azonium formation, facilitated by mesomeric stabilisation by the pyrazole ring. Coupled with their exceptionally long Zisomer halflives, we believe our study may open up a wider array of functional opportunities for the arylazopyrazoles.
AU  - Gibson,R
AU  - Calbo,J
AU  - Fuchter,MJ
DO  - 10.1002/cptc.201900065
EP  - 377
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 2367-0932
SP  - 372
TI  - Chemical ZE isomer switching of arylazopyrazoles using acid
T2  - ChemPhotoChem
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cptc.201900065
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/69776
VL  - 3
ER  -
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