Very interesting! But I have a question. I think light exposed AgBr forms Ag(0) and Br2. Why this part oxidize deprotonated hydroquinone? By Br2?

Thank you very much for your kind reply. It will be cool if you can make left and right handed molecules by just changing light color. Combination of this system with "CISS effect" will also be interesting. I'm looking forward to read your next work!

Interesting. Can this type of molecule be used as a ligand and to control enantioselectivity by light wavelength?

PPh3O has bp of 360C...and stable at 300C, I suppose.

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How do they store H2? as NH3?

Can it be another way to distinguish homogeneous vs. heterogeneous?

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Wow, it's kind of concise...
The C-F looks very eager to be activated.

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