S. Aldoshin et al., SPECIFIC STRUCTURAL FEATURES AND PHOTOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF 3 BENZOANNULATED 2,2-DIPHENYL[2H]CHROMENES, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 52, 1996, pp. 1834-1838
The crystal structures of 3,3-diphenylbenzol [f]chromene, C25H18O, 1,3
,3-triphenylbenzo[f]chromene, C31H22O, and 2,2-diphenylbenzofuro[2,3-g
]chromene, C27H18O2, have been determined, Annulated 2,2-diphenylchrom
enes are of interest because of the influence of steric strain energy
in the pyran ring on the photochromic properties of these compounds.