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. 2009 Dec 3;9(12):9741–9804. doi: 10.3390/s91209741

Figure 27.

Figure 27.

Structural changes of the all-trans, 15-anti chromophore during photoreactions. The all-trans, 15-anti form, either in BRAT or ASRAT, is first photoconverted to the 13-cis, 15-anti form, followed by thermal isomerization at C13 = C14 or C15 = N position in BR or ASR, respectively. Such thermal relaxations lead to 100% photocyclic and photochromic reactions for BRAT and ASRAT, respectively. This figure is reprinted with permission from Kawanabe et al. [71]. Copyright 2007 American Chemical Society.