Russian chemical bulletin

Synthesis and spectral properties of malononitrile-based merocyanine dyes

AV Kulinich, NA Derevyanko, AA Ishchenko

Index: Kulinich; Derevyanko; Ishchenko Russian Chemical Bulletin, 2005 , vol. 54, # 12 p. 2820 - 2830

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Abstract

Abstract Di-, tetra-, and hexamethine merocyanines derived from malononitrile and heterocycles with moderate (dyes 1–6), strong (7–9), and weak (10 and 11) electron- releasing ability were synthesized. The electronic structures of merocyanines 10 and 11 are