A. Lvov, N. A. Milevsky, A. M. Yanina
Aug 4, 2017
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Organic letters
Abstract
A unique chemical transformation, the base-induced aerobic dimerization of ethyl 4-(2,5-dimethylthiophen-3-yl)-3-ketobutanoate leading to photochromic diarylethene with a 4-hydroxy-4-methylcyclopent-2-ene-1-one as an ethene bridge, is described. This compound is easily subjected to various chemical modifications and can be used as a new diarylethene precursor to produce photoactive compounds with desired properties and functions.