Optimized synthesis and detailed NMR spectroscopic characterization of the 1, 8a-dihydroazulene-1, 1-dicarbonitrile photoswitch
…, CR Parker, MÅ Petersen, CG Tortzen, A Kadziola…
Index: Broman, Soren Lindbaek; Brand, Sophie Lehn; Parker, Christian Richard; Petersen, Michael Axman; Tortzen, Christian Gregers; Kadziola, Anders; Kilsa, Kristine; Nielsen, Mogens Brondsted Arkivoc, 2011 , vol. 2011, # 9 p. 51 - 67
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Abstract
Abstract An economical and effective protocol for large scale synthesis of the 2-phenyl-1, 8adihydroazulene-1, 1-dicarbonitrile (DHA) photoswitch has been developed. This compound is ring-opened by light to a vinylheptafulvene (VHF), which is thermally closed back to DHA. This compound serves as an important starting material for dihydroazulene photoswitches incorporating a substituent in the seven-membered ring and as a reference ...