The multistate/multifunctional properties of 4'-hydroxyflavylium in a water/ I -n-butyl-3 -methyl-imidazolium hexalluorophosphate (fbmim][PF6]) biphasic system are described. The kinetics and thermodynamics of this flavylium salt have been fully characterised in aqueous solutions and compared to those obtained in [bmim][PF6]. The trans-chalcone is thermally more stable in the ionic liquid but shows efficient photoisomerisation to the cis-chalcone, allowing to define write-read-erase cycles in this biphasic system. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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