1. Université Grenoble Alpes, DCM UMR 5250, 38000 Grenoble, France;2. Université de Paris, ITODYS, CNRS, UMR 7086, 15 rue J-A de Baïf, 75013 Paris, France
Abstract:
A pyridinium substituted dithienylethene derivative was used for the first time as an efficient photoreducing agent of two different substrates. This reaction exhibits high catalytic yields due to the continuous regeneration of the initial state of the photochromic molecule.