Synthesis and highly efficient light-induced rearrangements of diphenylmethylene(2-benzo[b]thienyl)fulgides and fulgimides

• Vladimir P. Rybalkin,
• Sofiya Yu. Zmeeva,
• Lidiya L. Popova,
• Valerii V. Tkachev,
• Andrey N. Utenyshev,
• Olga Yu. Karlutova,
• Alexander D. Dubonosov,
• Vladimir A. Bren,
• Sergey M. Aldoshin and
• Vladimir I. Minkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1820–1829, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.149

• -isomers and of products of the photoinduced rearrangement completed by 1,5-H shift reaction, 3a,4-dihydronaphtho[2,3-c]furans(pyrroles) C, were established based on the data of 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction studies. Keywords: benzo[b]thiophene; fulgide; fulgimide; photorearrangement

• afford exclusively fulgimides 3Z and 7E, respectively, as the single products (Scheme 2 and Scheme 3). According to IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy data Z- and E-isomers of fulgide 3 exist in the form of the open isomers O. This was also confirmed by X-ray diffraction study. The molecular structures of

• fulgides 3Z and 3E are shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2. Fulgide 3Z possesses Z-configuration at the double bond С(4)=С(5). The 3-methoxy-2-benzo[b]thiophene moiety in 3Z is planar and is almost coplanar with the planar furan-2,5-dione fragment (the dihedral angle is equal to 3.9°). The phenyl rings are

A photochemical determination of luminescence efficiency of upconverting nanoparticles

• Baptiste Amouroux,
• Clément Roux,
• Jean-Claude Micheau,
• Fabienne Gauffre and
• Christophe Coudret

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2671–2677, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.260

• diamminetetrakis(thiocyanato)chromate(III)), photochromic dyes have been proposed for such a purpose, mainly from the azobenzene, fulgide or diarylethene families [22]. The latter two are particularly attractive for visible light wavelengths above 400 nm. However, their use is conditioned by their availability and