文摘
A new photochromic diarylethene with a 1,8-naphthalimide Schiff base unit has been synthesized, which exhibited typical photochromism and fluorescent switching properties by photoirradiation with high selectivity to Cu<sup>2+sup> and F<sup>−sup>. With Cu<sup>2+sup>, the diarylethene color changed from greenish yellow to colorless with a decrease in fluorescence intensity at 542 nm. And a binding constant of 3.13 × 10<sup>4sup> L mol<sup>−1sup> for the diarylethene-Cu<sup>2+sup> complex was calculated from the Benesi-Hildebrand plot. In the presence of F<sup>−sup>, absorption of the diarylethene showed redshift with a color change from greenish yellow to blue.