Cyclotetraazocarbazole – a multichromic molecule??

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2012-11-28 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37956B

Abstract

A macrocyclic cyclotetraazocarbazole was prepared. Surprisingly, during the investigation of its photochromic behavior a drastic color change from yellow to green upon irradiation in chlorinated solvents was observed, which was temperature dependent and could also be induced by acid/base addition. With these three inputs an integrated molecular logic gate including an OR, a NOT and an AND function was build.

Graphical abstract: Cyclotetraazocarbazole – a multichromic molecule
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