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Chemical Communications

A diarylethene as the SO2 gas generator upon UV irradiation†

Ryuhei Kodama,a   Kimio Sumaru,*b   Kana Morishita,b   Toshiyuki Kanamori,b   Kengo Hyodo,a   Takashi Kamitanaka,c   Masakazu Morimoto,d   Satoshi Yokojima,ef   Shinichiro Nakamuraf  and  Kingo Uchida*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2194, Japan
E-mail: uchida@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp
Fax: +81-77-543-7483
Tel: +81-77-543-7462

b Research Center for Stem Cell Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5th, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
E-mail: k.sumaru@aist.go.jp
Fax: +81-29-861-6278
Tel: +81-29-861-6373

c Industrial Research Center of Shiga Prefecture, Kamitoyama 232, Ritto, Shiga 520-3004, Japan

d Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan

e School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan

f RIKEN Research Cluster for Innovation, Nakamura Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan

Abstract

A closed-ring isomer of a diarylethene having a sulfone group works as the reagent for SO2 gas generation with thermal stability even at 70 °C, and it rapidly reverts to the open-ring isomer and generates the SO2 gas to induce cell death upon UV irradiation.

Graphical abstract: A diarylethene as the SO2 gas generator upon UV irradiation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC07790C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Oct 2014
Accepted
08 Dec 2014
First published
08 Dec 2014

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 1736-1738

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A diarylethene as the SO2 gas generator upon UV irradiation

R. Kodama, K. Sumaru, K. Morishita, T. Kanamori, K. Hyodo, T. Kamitanaka, M. Morimoto, S. Yokojima, S. Nakamura and K. Uchida, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 1736 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07790C

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