Synthesis of spiropyrans: H-abstractions in 3-cycloalkenyloxybenzopyrans.
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SUBMITTER: Gupta SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1847525 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar
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Synthesis of spiropyrans: H-abstractions in 3-cycloalkenyloxybenzopyrans.
Gupta Satish C SC Thakur Mandeep M Sharma Somesh S Berar Urmila U Berar Surinder S Kamboj Ramesh C RC
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20070321
A photochemical route for the synthesis of some benzopyronospiropyrans from 2-furyl-3-cycloalkenyloxybenzopyrones involving H-abstraction is reported. How a methyl group on the furyl ring affects the product formation is also investigated. ...[more]
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