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Basic-to-acidic reversible pH switching with a merocyanine photoacid

08 February 2022, Version 1
Working Paper
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Abstract

The application of merocyanine photoacids has been previously largely limited to neutral and acidic pH values. Here we introduce a new merocyanine photoacid with superior pH switching qualities. By increasing the pKa in the dark (pKadark) and the solubility we increased the reversible visible light induced pH jump to 3.5 units. Moreover, it is the first demonstration of a merocyanine photoacid able to generate a significant pH drop from a basic (pH 8.3) to an acidic (pH 5.2) environment.

Keywords

photoswitch
photochromic
photoacid
merocyanine
spiropyran
pH
pH switch

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All the synthetic, spectroscopic and other supporting data and analysis.
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All NMR, UV-vis absorption, pH data
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All the NMR, UV-vis and pH data, and processed data in origin and excel files.
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DOI

10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-wnts7
D O I: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-wnts7 [opens in a new tab]

Funding

Australian Research Council
FT170100094

Author’s competing interest statement

The author(s) have declared they have no conflict of interest with regard to this content

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