One-pot three-component synthesis and photophysical characteristics of novel triene merocyanines

• Christian Muschelknautz,
• Robin Visse,
• Jan Nordmann and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 599–612, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.51

• ][40] and pyranoindoles [41] via domino sequences. Interestingly, our versatile three-component enaminone synthesis [42][43] could be readily extended in a vinylogous fashion with enamines furnishing orange or deep red diene chromophores 2 and 3 that display aggregation induced emission [31]. In