Vn. Nesterov et al., SYNTHESIS AND MOLECULAR AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF 3-DIONE-2-YLIDENE)ETHYLIDENE]-1,4-DIHYDROQUINOLINE, Russian chemical bulletin, 45(1), 1996, pp. 164-167
The reaction of 1-allyl-4-methylquinolinium bromide with 2-dicyanometh
yleneindan-1,3-dione in the presence of a two-fold excess of triethyla
mine affords -dione-2-ylidene)ethylidene]-1,4-dihydroquinoline, a repr
esentative of a new class of merocyanines. The structure of this compo
und has been established by X-ray structural analysis. A substantial i
ntramolecular charge transfer and a hydrogen bond between the vinyl hy
drogen atom and the indandione oxygen atom have been found.