Unsaturated side chains have been introduced in benzopyran site of par
ent indolinospiropyran moiety using Wittig reaction under conditions o
f Phase Transfer Catalysis in a one pot synthesis. The resultant unsat
urated photochromic indolinospirobenzopyrans show significant bathochr
omic shift in the uv region of absorption spectra. Copyright (C) 1996
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