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. 2020 Oct 24;25(21):4928. doi: 10.3390/molecules25214928

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Photoswitching mechanism of donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts (DASAs). Electronic excitation of the linearized triene via absorption of a photon promotes a series of rotations, culminating in an electrocyclization. The cyclopentenone form thermally reverts to the triene form.