New synthetic route to substituted dihydroazulene photoswitches

Louise Skov, Michael Åxman Petersen, Søren Lindbæk Broman, Andrew Bond, Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen

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Abstract

A new procedure for functionalization of the dihydroazulene photoswitch on its seven-membered ring was developed, which has allowed isolation of the first dihydroazulene with a phenyl substituent at position 5 from a mixture of regioisomers. Light-induced ring-opening to the corresponding vinylheptafulvene and the thermal back-reaction was studied in detail.

Original languageEnglish
JournalOrganic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Volume9
Issue number19
Pages (from-to)6498-6501
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Oct 2011

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