Authors
Tovtik R, Marzin D, Weigel P, Crespi S, Simeth NA
Journal
Beilstein Archives
Citation
Beilstein Arch. 2025, 20257.
Abstract
Phenyl azopyrazole photoswitches proved to be valuable structural motifs for various applications ranging from materials science to medicine. Despite their potential, their structural diversity is still limited and a larger pool of substitution patterns remains to be systematically investigated. This is paramount as electronic effects play a crucial role in the behavior of photoswitches and a deeper understanding enables their straightforward development for specific applications.
In this work, we synthesized novel N-acyl pyrazole-based photoswitches and conducted a comparative study with 33 phenyl azopyrazoles, comparing their photoswitching properties and the impact of electronic effects. Using UV-Vis and NMR spectroscopy, we discovered that simple acylation of the pyrazole moiety leads to increased quantum yields of isomerization, long Z–isomer lifetimes, good spectral separation, and high photostability.
