Photochromism of a Methyl Viologen Bismuth(III) Chloride: Structural Variation Before and After UV Irradiation

Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 46, Issue 18 p. 3249-3251 Communication Photochromism of a Methyl Viologen Bismuth(III) Chloride: Structural Variation Before and After UV Irradiation† Gang Xu, Gang Xu State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P.R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-4946 Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorGuo-Cong Guo Prof. Dr., Guo-Cong Guo Prof. Dr. gcguo@ms.fjirsm.ac.cn State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P.R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-4946Search for more papers by this authorMing-Sheng Wang Dr., Ming-Sheng Wang Dr. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P.R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-4946Search for more papers by this authorZhang-Jing Zhang, Zhang-Jing Zhang State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P.R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-4946Search for more papers by this authorWen-Tong Chen Dr., Wen-Tong Chen Dr. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P.R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-4946Search for more papers by this author Jin-Shun Huang Prof., Jin-Shun Huang Prof. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P.R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-4946Search for more papers by this author Gang Xu, Gang Xu State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P.R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-4946 Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, P.R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorGuo-Cong Guo Prof. Dr., Guo-Cong Guo Prof. Dr. gcguo@ms.fjirsm.ac.cn State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P.R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-4946Search for more papers by this authorMing-Sheng Wang Dr., Ming-Sheng Wang Dr. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P.R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-4946Search for more papers by this authorZhang-Jing Zhang, Zhang-Jing Zhang State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P.R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-4946Search for more papers by this authorWen-Tong Chen Dr., Wen-Tong Chen Dr. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P.R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-4946Search for more papers by this author Jin-Shun Huang Prof., Jin-Shun Huang Prof. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P.R. China, Fax: (+86) 591-8371-4946Search for more papers by this author First published: 23 April 2007 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200700122Citations: 303 † This work was supported by the Natural Sciences Foundation (NSF) of China (20521101), the NSF for Distinguished Young Scientists of China (20425104), Key Project from CAS, and the NSF of Fujian Province (2006J0013). 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