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Article

Multicolor Photochromism of Two-Component Diarylethene Crystals Containing Oxidized and Unoxidized Benzothiophene Groups

by
Ryo Nishimura
,
Yurika Nagakawa
and
Masakazu Morimoto
*
Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Crystals 2022, 12(12), 1730; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12121730
Submission received: 9 November 2022 / Revised: 23 November 2022 / Accepted: 25 November 2022 / Published: 29 November 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Photoresponsive Organic Molecular Crystals)
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Preparing mixed crystals composed of two or more components is one of the useful approaches to not only modifying the physical properties and chemical reactivity of molecular crystals but also creating their novel functionality. Here we report preparation and photoresponsive properties of two-component mixed crystals containing photochromic bis(benzothienyl)ethene derivatives that show different colors in the closed-ring forms depending on the oxidation state of the benzothiophene groups. The similarity in the molecular structures of the two diarylethenes, which are different from each other only in the oxidation state of the benzothiophene groups, allowed the formation of two-component mixed crystals by recrystallization from mixed solutions containing the two compounds. Irradiating the mixed crystals with light of appropriate wavelengths induced the selective photoisomerizaion of the two diarylethenes, leading to multicolor photochromic performance, such as colorless, orange, yellow, and red. Such molecular crystals with multiresponsive functions can find potential applications in multistate optical recording and multicolor displays. The present results demonstrate that combining differently oxidized diarylethene derivatives is an effective strategy for preparing multicomponent mixed crystals with finely tuned composition and desired photoresponsive properties.

1. Introduction

Photochromic molecules undergo photoreversible interconversion between two isomeric forms with different colors [1,2]. Although various types of photochromic molecules have so far been developed, molecules that show photochromic responses in crystals are relatively rare. Diarylethene derivatives undergo thermally irreversible and photochemically reversible photochromic reactions not only in solution but also in single crystals [3,4,5,6]. Upon irradiation with ultraviolet (UV) light, diarylethene molecules in crystals undergo cyclization isomerization to form closed-ring isomers, and the crystals change their colors, such as yellow, red, blue, or green, depending on the chemical structures of the component molecules. Upon irradiation with visible light, the photogenerated colors are completely bleached, and the crystals revert to the original colorless states. The diarylethene crystals are excellent in the resistance against photofatigue: as a conspicuous example, it has been reported that the coloration and decoloration cycles were repeated over 30,000 times by alternate irradiation with UV and visible light [7]. Additionally, diarylethene crystals show reversible shape changes upon photoirradiation and convert photoenergy into mechanical energy [8,9,10,11,12,13]. These photoresponsive diarylethene crystals can find potential applications in optical memory media, optical switches, displays, and light-driven actuators.
The properties and reactivity of molecular crystals vary strongly depending on not only the chemical structures of the component molecules but also their crystal structures. Various crystal-engineering approaches utilizing noncovalent interactions, such as hydrogen bond, metal-coordinating bond, halogen bond, π-π interaction and so on, have been applied to control the conformation and packing structure of the molecules in the crystals and obtain targeted properties and reactivity [14,15]. Preparing nonstoichiometric mixed crystals that contain two or more components is also a promising methodology to precisely tailor the functionality of molecular crystals by combining the characteristics of the substances being mixed [16,17]. According to Kitaigorodsky’s studies, the fundamental design guideline for preparing mixed crystals is based on the similarity in size and shape of the component molecules [18,19]. It has been reported that multicomponent mixed crystals can be prepared by using photochromic diarylethene derivatives. For example, bis(2-thienyl)ethene and bis(3-thienyl)ethene derivatives form two-component mixed crystals [20]. Although the two diarylethene molecules are different in the connecting position of the thienyl groups to the central hexafluorocyclopentene bridge, their entire molecular structures are quite similar to each other, leading to the miscibility of the two components in the crystal. The resulting mixed crystals exhibit multicolor photochromism by the combination of different colors of the closed-ring isomers. Multicolor photochromic crystals have also been prepared by mixing bis(3-thienyl)ethene, bis(4-thiazolyl)ethene, and bis(4-oxazolyl)ethene derivatives with different heteroaryl rings that are structurally similar to each other but exhibit distinctly different colors in the closed-ring forms [21,22]. In addition, the mixed-crystal approach has successfully been applied to improve photomechanical responses of photodeformable rod-like diarylethene crystals [10,23].
Here we propose a new strategy for preparing multicomponent mixed crystals using photochromic diarylethene derivatives having differently oxidized benzothiophene groups. Bis(benzothienyl)perfluorocyclopentene is one of the well-studied scaffolds of photochromic diarylethene [24,25]. The corresponding oxidized derivatives having benzothiophene S,S-dioxide also undergo reversible photochromism [26,27,28,29,30,31]. We chose diarylethenes 1a and 2a shown in Scheme 1 as components for the preparation of mixed crystals. The two compounds are different only in the oxidation state of the benzothiophene groups, that is, the presence or absence of the oxygen atoms on the sulfur atoms, and they show different colors in the closed-ring forms. The similarity in the molecular size and shape of the compounds allowed the formation of mixed crystals and the resulting crystals exhibited multicolor photochromism. The preparation and photochromic behaviors of the mixed crystals were examined.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. General

The reagents and solvents for synthesis were commercially available and used without any purification. Spectroscopic-grade solvents (Kanto Chemical, Tokyo, Japan) were used for spectral measurement. 1a was synthesized with reference to the previously reported method [29].
1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy in CDCl3 was performed with ECX-400P (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan). Tetramethylsilane (TMS) was used as an internal standard. Mass spectrometry (MS) based on electron-impact (EI) ionization was performed with GCMS-QP2010Plus (Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan). Elemental analysis (C, H, N, and S) was performed with Vario MICRO Cube (Elementar, Langenselbold, Germany). Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was performed with Q200 (TA Instruments, New Castle, DE, USA).
X-ray crystallographic analysis was performed with D8 QUEST (Bruker AXS, Billerica, MA, USA). The radiation wavelength was 0.71073 Å (Mo Kα). The temperature of the crystals was controlled by a low-temperature controller (JAN 2-12, Japan Thermal Engineering, Sagamihara, Japan). The diffraction images were integrated with the Bruker APEX3 v2015.9-0 program. The cell parameters were determined by global refinement. The absorption correction was carried out using the multiscan method (SADABS). The structures were solved by the direct method and refined using the SHELX-2014 program [32]. CCDC 2217447, 2217448, and 2217449 contain the supplementary crystallographic data for this paper. These data can be obtained free of charge via http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/conts/retrieving.html, accessed on 23 November 2022 (or from the CCDC, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK; Fax: +44-122-333-6033; E-mail: deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk).
UV-visible absorption spectra of solution samples were recorded with Hitachi, U-4100. Polarized absorption spectra of single crystals were measured using a polarizing microscope (DM2500P, Leica, Wetzlar, Germany) and a multichannel photodetector (C7473, Hamamatsu Photonics, Hamamatsu, Japan) according to the previously reported method [31].
Photoirradiation to solution samples was carried out using a 300 W xenon lamp (MAX-303, Asahi Spectra, Tokyo, Japan) with an optical band-pass filter (313 nm) or an optical long-pass filter (>440 nm). Photoirradiation to single crystals was carried out using a 300 W xenon lamp (MAX-303, Asahi Spectra, Tokyo, Japan) with an optical band-pass filter (430 nm) or an LED irradiation system (CL-1501, LED head: CL-H1-365-9-1 for 365 nm, CL-H1-525-7-1 for 525 nm, Asahi Spectra, Tokyo, Japan).

2.2. Synthesis of 2a

To a dichloromethane solution (20 mL) of 1,2-bis(2-ethyl-3-benzo[b]thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene [33] (1.0 g, 2.0 mmol) was added m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (0.62 g, 3.6 mmol) and the mixture was stirred for 8 h at room temperature. The resulting mixture was washed with aqueous NaHCO3 and aqueous Na2S2O3 and then extracted with dichloromethane. The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane: ethyl acetate = 80:20 → 0:100) to afford 2a as a white solid (0.57 g, 1.1 mmol, 53%). 1H NMR (400MHz, CDCl3, TMS) δ 7.77 (1H, d, 8.0 Hz, Ar-H), 7.72–7.67 (1.66H, m, Ar-H), 7.63–7.51 (4.66H, m, Ar-H), 7.42–7.24 (5.30H, m, Ar-H), 7.16 (0.66H, d, J = 7.6 Hz, Ar-H), 2.82–2.67 (3.64H, m, CH2), 2.55–2.43 (2H, m, CH2), 2.32–2.22 (1H, m, CH2), 1.39 (1.98H, t, J = 7.6 Hz, CH3), 1.35 (1.98H, t, J = 7.6 Hz, CH3), 1.00 (3H, t, J = 7.6 Hz, CH3), 0.77 (3H, t, J = 7.6 Hz, CH3); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3, TMS) δ 151.58, 150.74, 147.80, 147.23, 138.31, 138.16, 137.90, 137.64, 135.73, 135.29, 133.71, 133.23, 130.32, 130.25, 130.16, 129.55, 125.12, 125.02, 124.85, 124.77, 124.71, 123.44, 123.40, 123.36, 122.88, 122.59, 122.47, 121.91, 121.85, 121.81, 121.70, 121.68, 121.66, 121.64, 116.75, 116.55, 30.95, 23.13, 19.20, 18.62, 15.93, 15.58, 12.01, 11.20; MS (EI) m/z 528 [M]+; anal. C 56.66, H 3.43, N 0.00, S 11.81%, calcd for C25H18F6O2S2, C 56.81, H 3.43, N 0.00, S 12.13%; mp (DSC) 112 °C. NMR spectra of 2a are shown in Figure S1 in the Supplementary Materials. The NMR spectra contain signals of antiparallel and parallel conformers of the open-ring isomer 2a [3,4]. The purity (>99%) of 2a after recrystallization from diethyl ether was confirmed by analytical HPLC, as shown in Figure S2.

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Photochromism of 1 and 2 in Solution

The photochromism of the diarylethenes in solution was examined. Figure 1 shows the absorption spectra of 1 and 2 in ethyl acetate. The open-ring isomers 1a and 2a have no optical absorption in the visible-wavelength region, and the solutions were colorless. Upon irradiation with 313 nm light, the colorless solutions of 1a and 2a turned yellow and red, respectively, because of the photoinduced formation of the corresponding closed-ring isomers 1b and 2b. The absorption maxima of 1b and 2b in the visible-wavelength region are located at 412 nm and 519 nm, respectively. 1b has the absorption maximum at a wavelength shorter than 2b. The oxidation of the benzothiophene groups leads to a significant hypsochromic shift of the absorption wavelength of the closed-ring isomer [26,27,28]. The photogenerated colors were stably kept in the dark at room temperature. Upon irradiation with visible (λ > 440 nm) light, the yellow and red colors of the closed-ring isomers were completely bleached, and the absorption spectra reverted to the original spectra of the open-ring isomers. Thus, the two diarylethenes undergo photochromism and show different colors in the closed-ring forms, reflecting the difference in the oxidation state of the benzothiophene groups.

3.2. Single-Component Crystals of 1a and 2a

The crystal structures of single-component crystals of 1a and 2a were examined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The crystal of 1a having two oxidized benzothiophene groups was prepared by recrystallization from acetone. The crystal parameters are summarized in Table 1. The crystal has a monoclinic unit cell with a space group of C2/c and Z = 4, which is the same as that of the crystal of 1a recrystallized from ethyl acetate [31]. The asymmetric unit in the unit cell is a half of the 1a molecule with a C2 symmetry. The 1a molecule in the crystal is fixed in a photoreactive antiparallel conformation, and the distance between the reacting carbon atoms C3 and C3′ (D) is 4.03 Å, as shown in Figure 2a. This fulfills the requirement for the diarylethene molecule to undergo photoisomerization in the crystal [34]. Indeed, the crystal underwent photochromism, as described later.
The single-component crystal of 2a suitable for X-ray analysis was prepared by recrystallization from diethyl ether. The recrystallization from acetone afforded no single crystals with good quality. The crystal has a monoclinic unit cell with P21/c and Z = 4 (Table 1), and the asymmetric unit is one molecule of 2a. Figure 2b shows the molecular structure of 2a in the crystal. The 2a molecule also adopts an anti-parallel conformation that is quite similar to that of 1a. The distance between the reacting carbon atoms C3 and C13 (D) is 3.98 Å, indicating that 2a can also undergo photoisomerization in the crystal.
The photochromism of the single-component crystals was investigated. Upon irradiation with UV (λ = 365 nm) light, the colorless crystals of 1a and 2a turned yellow and red, respectively, as shown in Figure 3, because of the photoinduced formation of the corresponding closed-ring isomers 1b and 2b. Figure 3 also shows the polarized absorption spectra of the yellow and red crystals. The photogenerated closed-ring isomers 1b and 2b in the crystals have absorption bands with maxima at 450 nm and 535 nm, respectively. The absorption wavelength of 1b is shorter than that of 2b, as observed for the ethyl acetate solutions. The polar plots of the absorbance of 1b and 2b show clear anisotropy, which originates from the regular orientation of the diarylethene molecules in the single crystals (Figure S3) [35]. Upon irradiation with visible (λ > 440 nm) light, the yellow and red crystal returned to the original colorless ones. Thus, 1 and 2 undergo reversible photochromism in the single-component crystals.

3.3. Two-Component Mixed Crystals Containing 1a and 2a

Two-component mixed crystals of 1a and 2a were prepared by recrystallization from mixed solutions containing the two compounds. A mixture of 1a and 2a was dissolved into acetone, and the solvent was slowly evaporated at room temperature. After several days, colorless single crystals were obtained. The composition ratio of the crystals was analyzed by HPLC (Figure S4). Table 2 shows the relationship between the feed ratio of 1a and 2a in solution and the composition ratio in the crystal. The crystals contained both 1a and 2a, and the composition ratio varied depending on the feed ratio. With increasing the feed ratio of 2a in solution, the composition ratio of 2a in the crystal increased. When the content of 2a in the feed solution was increased over 50%, the quality of the mixed crystals obtained became poor, suggesting that the crystal lattice deteriorated. DSC measurements show that the melting points of the mixed crystals are lower than that of the single-component crystal of 1a (Figure S5).
X-ray crystallographic analysis of the two-component mixed crystal was carried out. Figure 4 shows the X-ray crystal structure of the two-component mixed crystal with a composition ratio of 1a:2a = 85:15 (entry 2 in Table 2). The crystallographic parameters are listed in Table 1. The cell parameters and overall crystal structure of the mixed crystal were very similar to those of the single-component crystal of 1a. However, we noticed meaningful alteration in the occupancy parameter of the oxygen atoms (O1 and O2) on the oxidized benzothiophene groups. The single-component crystal of 1a showed full occupancy (100%) at the oxygen sites, while the occupancy of the oxygen atoms in the mixed crystal decreased down to 89%, indicating that the 2a molecules, in which one of the two benzothiophene groups is unoxidized, are substitutionally incorporated into the crystal lattice of 1a. The occupation of 2a at the molecular sites in the crystal lattice of 1a decreased the occupancy parameter of the oxygen atoms in the X-ray crystal structure. Considering the 89% occupancy of the oxygen atoms and the C2 symmetry of the diarylethene molecule in the crystal lattice of 1a, the ratio of 1a and 2a in the mixed crystal is calculated to be 78:22, which is approximately consistent with the ratio measured by HPLC. In addition, the X-ray crystallographic structure means that 2a molecules in the mixed crystal adopt the photoreactive antiparallel conformation in the same way as 1a molecules.
The photochromism of the two-component mixed crystals was examined. Figure 5a shows photographs of the photoinduced color changes in the mixed crystal with the composition ratio of 1a:2a = 85:15 (entry 2 in Table 2). The crystal was colorless before photoirradiation. Upon irradiation with 365 nm light, the crystal turned orange, suggesting the photoinduced formation of the yellow closed-ring isomer 1b and the red 2b. Figure 5b shows an absorption spectrum of the orange crystal. The spectrum has two absorption maxima at around 450 nm and 535 nm, which are respectively ascribed to the closed-ring isomers 1b and 2b, indicating that both 1a and 2a underwent photocyclization reactions in the mixed crystal. The photochromic behavior of the mixed crystal upon irradiation with 365 nm light was altered by the composition ratio of the two components. As the ratio of 2a increased, the relative absorption intensity of 2b at 535 nm increased (Figure S6). Upon irradiating the orange crystal with 525 nm light the crystal turned yellow (Figure 5a). In the yellow crystal, the long-wavelength absorption band of 2b at 535 nm disappears, and there remains the band of 1b at 450 nm (Figure 5d). This indicates that 535 nm light irradiation induces the selective cycloreversion reaction of 2b in the mixed crystal. After that, irradiating the yellow crystal with 430 nm light induced the cycloreversion reaction of 1b and the crystal reverted to the colorless state. Irradiating the colorless crystal with both 365 nm and 430 nm light induced the selective formation of 2b and the crystal turned red, as shown in Figure 5a. In the red crystal, the absorption band of 2b at 535 nm preferentially appears (Figure 5c). Thus, the mixed crystal underwent the selective photoisomerization of the two diarylethene components by irradiation with light of appropriate wavelengths, resulting in the multicolor photochromic performance, such as colorless, orange, yellow, and red. Such multicolor photochromic crystals are potentially applicable to multistate optical recording and multicolor displays.
Figure 6 shows the polarized absorption spectra of the orange two-component mixed crystal after 365 nm light irradiation. The absorption bands at 450 nm and 535 nm correspond to the electronic transitions of the closed-ring isomers 1b and 2b, the transition moment of which is parallel to the long axis of the molecule [35]. As shown in Figure 6, both the absorption bands of 1b and 2b show clear anisotropy in the same direction, indicating that the photoisomerization of 1a and 2a takes place in the crystal lattice and the long axes of the photogenerated 1b and 2b molecules are oriented to the same direction.

4. Conclusions

The diarylethene derivatives 1a and 2a, which are different from each other in the oxidation state of the benzothiophene groups and the color of the closed-ring isomer, formed the two-component mixed crystals by simple recrystallization from mixed solutions. The similarity in the molecular shape and size of the component diarylethenes enabled the formation of the mixed crystals, the composition ratio of which was controlled by the feed ratio in the mother solution. X-ray crystallographic analysis revealed that 2a is substitutionally incorporated as a dopant in the crystal lattice of 1a. The mixed crystals exhibited photochromism and also underwent the selective photoisomerization of the two diarylethenes by appropriate light irradiation, resulting in the multicolor photochromic property. These results demonstrate that hybridizing diarylethene derivatives with different oxidation states into mixed crystals is useful for preparing molecular crystals with multiresponsive functions.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/cryst12121730/s1, Figure S1: NMR spectra of 2a; Figure S2: HPLC chromatogram of 2a; Figure S3: Molecular packing diagrams of single-component crystals; Figure S4: HPLC chromatogram of mixed crystals; Figure S5: DSC curves of crystals; Figure S6: Absorption spectra of mixed crystals.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, M.M.; methodology, M.M.; validation, R.N., Y.N. and M.M.; formal analysis, R.N., Y.N. and M.M.; investigation, R.N., Y.N. and M.M.; resources, R.N., Y.N. and M.M.; data curation, R.N., Y.N. and M.M.; writing—original draft preparation, R.N. and M.M.; writing—review and editing, R.N., Y.N. and M.M.; visualization, R.N., Y.N. and M.M.; supervision, M.M.; project administration, M.M.; funding acquisition, R.N. and M.M. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP21H00411, JP21K20542, JP22K14668.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to acknowledge Shusaku Nagano, Rikkyo University, for his help in DSC measurement.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Scheme 1. Photoisomerization of diarylethenes 1 and 2.
Scheme 1. Photoisomerization of diarylethenes 1 and 2.
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Figure 1. Absorption spectra of 1 (a) and 2 (b) in ethyl acetate (2.0 × 10−5 M). Dotted lines: open-ring isomers 1a and 2a, solid lines: photostationary states under irradiation with 313 nm light.
Figure 1. Absorption spectra of 1 (a) and 2 (b) in ethyl acetate (2.0 × 10−5 M). Dotted lines: open-ring isomers 1a and 2a, solid lines: photostationary states under irradiation with 313 nm light.
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Figure 2. Molecular structures in single-component crystals of 1a (a) and 2a (b) determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The crystals of 1a and 2a were prepared by recrystallization from acetone and diethyl ether, respectively. The ellipsoids are shown at 50% probability level. The hydrogen atoms are omitted for clarity. D is the distance between the reacting carbon atoms.
Figure 2. Molecular structures in single-component crystals of 1a (a) and 2a (b) determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The crystals of 1a and 2a were prepared by recrystallization from acetone and diethyl ether, respectively. The ellipsoids are shown at 50% probability level. The hydrogen atoms are omitted for clarity. D is the distance between the reacting carbon atoms.
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Figure 3. Photographs of photoinduced color changes of single-component crystals of 1a (a) and 2a (b). Polarized absorption spectra and polar plots of absorbance of the yellow 1a crystal (c) and the red 2a crystal (d) after irradiation with 365 nm light. The absorption spectra of the crystals of 1a and 2a were measured on (−1 1 0) and (1 1 1) faces, respectively (see Figure S3). The direction of 0° was set to the angle where the maximum absorbance was observed. In the polar plots the absorbance at 450 nm and 535 nm was monitored for the crystals of 1a and 2a, respectively.
Figure 3. Photographs of photoinduced color changes of single-component crystals of 1a (a) and 2a (b). Polarized absorption spectra and polar plots of absorbance of the yellow 1a crystal (c) and the red 2a crystal (d) after irradiation with 365 nm light. The absorption spectra of the crystals of 1a and 2a were measured on (−1 1 0) and (1 1 1) faces, respectively (see Figure S3). The direction of 0° was set to the angle where the maximum absorbance was observed. In the polar plots the absorbance at 450 nm and 535 nm was monitored for the crystals of 1a and 2a, respectively.
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Figure 4. Molecular structure in a two-component mixed crystal containing 1a and 2a (entry 2 in Table 2) determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The crystal was prepared by recrystallization of a mixture of 1a and 2a with a molar ratio of 1a:2a = 70:30 from acetone. The composition ratio of the crystal was 1a:2a = 85:15 as determined by HPLC. According to the X-ray analysis, the occupancy parameter of the oxygen atoms (O1 and O2) was 89%.
Figure 4. Molecular structure in a two-component mixed crystal containing 1a and 2a (entry 2 in Table 2) determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The crystal was prepared by recrystallization of a mixture of 1a and 2a with a molar ratio of 1a:2a = 70:30 from acetone. The composition ratio of the crystal was 1a:2a = 85:15 as determined by HPLC. According to the X-ray analysis, the occupancy parameter of the oxygen atoms (O1 and O2) was 89%.
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Figure 5. (a) Photographs of photoinduced color changes of a two-component mixed crystal with a composition ratio of 1a:2a = 85:15 (entry 2 in Table 2). Absorption spectra of the two-component crystal irradiated with 365 nm light (b), irradiated with both 365 nm and 430 nm light (c), and irradiated with both 365 nm and 525 nm light (d). The absorption spectra were measured on (−1 1 0) face.
Figure 5. (a) Photographs of photoinduced color changes of a two-component mixed crystal with a composition ratio of 1a:2a = 85:15 (entry 2 in Table 2). Absorption spectra of the two-component crystal irradiated with 365 nm light (b), irradiated with both 365 nm and 430 nm light (c), and irradiated with both 365 nm and 525 nm light (d). The absorption spectra were measured on (−1 1 0) face.
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Figure 6. Polarized absorption spectra (a) and polar plots of absorbance (b,c) of an orange two-component mixed crystal (1a:2a = 85:15, entry 2 in Table 2) after irradiation with 365 nm light. The absorption spectra were measured on (−1 1 0) face. The direction of 0° was set to the angle where the maximum absorbance was observed. In the polar plots, the absorbance at 450 nm (b) and 535 nm (c) was monitored.
Figure 6. Polarized absorption spectra (a) and polar plots of absorbance (b,c) of an orange two-component mixed crystal (1a:2a = 85:15, entry 2 in Table 2) after irradiation with 365 nm light. The absorption spectra were measured on (−1 1 0) face. The direction of 0° was set to the angle where the maximum absorbance was observed. In the polar plots, the absorbance at 450 nm (b) and 535 nm (c) was monitored.
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Table
Table 1. Crystal data for single-component crystals of 1a and 2a and a two-component mixed crystal 1a·2a (1a:2a = 85:15).
Table 1. Crystal data for single-component crystals of 1a and 2a and a two-component mixed crystal 1a·2a (1a:2a = 85:15).
 1a2a1a·2a
Crystallization solventAcetoneDiethyl etherAcetone
FormulaC25H18F6O4S2C25H18F6O2S2C25H18F6O3.57S2
Formula weight560.51528.51553.60
T/K223 (2)100 (2)223 (2)
Crystal systemMonoclinicMonoclinicMonoclinic
Space groupC2/cP21/cC2/c
a/Å15.0346 (11)13.1649 (8)15.0533 (5)
b/Å15.1774 (11)10.5410 (6)15.1878 (5)
c/Å10.7072 (7)16.5297 (10)10.6375 (3)
β/°107.706 (2)99.859 (2)107.8093 (13)
V/Å32327.5 (3)2260.0 (2)2315.47 (13)
Z444
R1 (I > 2σ(I))0.03280.05710.0529
wR2 (all data)0.09060.12650.1420
CCDC No.221744722174482217449
Table
Table 2. Feed ratio of 1a and 2a in solution and composition ratio of 1a and 2a in two-component mixed crystals, which was determined by HPLC. The mixed crystals were prepared by recrystallization from acetone.
Table 2. Feed ratio of 1a and 2a in solution and composition ratio of 1a and 2a in two-component mixed crystals, which was determined by HPLC. The mixed crystals were prepared by recrystallization from acetone.
EntryFeed Ratio in Solution (1a:2a)Composition Ratio in Crystal (1a:2a)
190:1097:3
270:3085:15
350:5053:47
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