Photoswitching of Intramolecular Magnetic Interaction: A Diarylethene Photochromic Spin Coupler

Abstract We have designed and synthesized 1,2-bis[6-(1-oxyl-3-oxide-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazolin-2-yl)-2-methylbenzo[b]thiophen-3-yl]hexafluorocyclopentene which shows photoswitching of intramolecular magnetic interaction by incorporating two nitronyl nitroxide into diarylethene photochromic spin coupler.