An effective method is proposed for the synthesis of photochromic diarylethenes of cyclopentenone series with SnCl4-catalyzed 4π-electron cyclization of divinyl ketones by Nazarov reaction as the key step. It was shown that the introduction of an aryl group at position 4 of the cyclopentenone ring significantly improved the quantum yield of diarylethene photocyclization reaction.
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The work was performed with financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant 14-03-31871).
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, 2015, 51(3), 234–241
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Shirinian, V.Z., Lvov, A.G., Yanina, A.M. et al. Synthesis of new photochromic diarylethenes of cyclopentenone series by Nazarov reaction. Chem Heterocycl Comp 51, 234–241 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10593-015-1690-9
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