Transient products, trans-isomers of the merocyanine form of spiro(1,3
,3-trimethylindolinonaphthoxazine), in acetone were investigated by th
e microsecond flash photolysis technique. Two unstable trans-isomers p
receding the most stable trans-isomer of merocyanine form were detecte
d. Differential spectra and lifetimes of the unstable trans-isomers we
re measured.