ReviewChemical science2023
Naphthopyran molecular switches and their emergent mechanochemical reactivity.
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- Mechanochemistry: Fundamental Principles and Applications.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Mechanochromic Break Points Control the Toughness of Entangled Polyphenylenes.ACS macro letters · 2025Article
- The Role of Torsion on the Force-Coupled Reactivity of a Fluorenyl Naphthopyran Mechanophore.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- Advancing the Mechanosensitivity of Atropisomeric Diarylethene Mechanophores through a Lever-Arm Effect.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- Photokinetics of Photothermal Reactions.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Photoswitches beyond azobenzene: a beginner's guide.Beilstein journal of organic chemistry · 2025Review
- Mechanically Triggered Bright Chemiluminescence from Polymers by Exploiting a Synergy between Masked 2-Furylcarbinol Mechanophores and 1,2-Dioxetane Chemiluminophores.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2024Article
- Recent Development of Photochromic Polymer Systems: Mechanism, Materials, and Applications.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Article
- On photokinetics under polychromatic light.Frontiers in chemistry · 2024Article
- Anomalous photochromism and mechanochromism of a linear naphthopyran enabled by a polarizing dialkylamine substituent.Chemical science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Naphthopyran molecular switches undergo a ring-opening reaction upon external stimulation to generate intensely colored merocyanine dyes. Their unique modularity and synthetic accessibility afford exceptional control over their properties and stimuli-responsive behavior. Commercial applications of naphthopyrans as photoswitches in photochromic ophthalmic lenses have spurred an extensive body of work exploring naphthopyran-merocyanine structure-property relationships. The recently discovered mechanochromic behavior of naphthopyrans has led to their emergent application in the field of polymer mechanochemistry, enabling advances in the design of force-responsive materials as well as fundamental insights into mechanochemical reactivity. The structure-property relationships established in the photochemical literature serve as a convenient blueprint for the design of naphthopyran molecular force probes with precisely tuned properties. On the other hand, the mechanochemical reactivity of naphthopyran diverges in many cases from the conventional photochemical pathways, resulting in unexpected properties and opportunities for deeper understanding and innovation in polymer mechanochemistry. Here, we highlight the features of the naphthopyran scaffold that render it a powerful platform for the design of mechanochromic materials and review recent advances in naphthopyran mechanochemistry.
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