Jp. Desvergne et al., SYNTHESIS, PHOTOREACTIVITY AND FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES OF NEW BIS-9-ANTHRYLOXYMETHANES, Tetrahedron letters, 36(8), 1995, pp. 1259-1262
The synthesis of new coloured anthryloxymethanes is described; they ar
e reversibly transformed upon ir adiation into their colourless photoc
yclomers. Their high photoreactivity. accompanied by a weak fluorescen
ce and short singlet excited lifetimes, originates in the great flexib
ility of the OCH2O spacer.