FACILE IRREVERSIBLE THERMOCHROMISM OF A NEAR-INFRARED AZAMETHINE CHROMOPHORE

Authors
BELLO K GRIFFITHS J DEWIT PP ERDHUIS EWP
Citation
K. Bello et al., FACILE IRREVERSIBLE THERMOCHROMISM OF A NEAR-INFRARED AZAMETHINE CHROMOPHORE, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (12), 1993, pp. 1031-1032
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224936
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1031 - 1032
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4936(1993):12<1031:FITOAN>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The near-infrared azamethine chromophoric system 1 shows a pronounced colour change on heating, which is due to a facile disrotary electrocy clic reaction followed by a loss of hydrogen cyanide, giving the inten se blue chromophore 2.