Synthesis of 1¡ä,3,3¡ä,4-tetrahydrospiro[chromene-2,2¡ä-indoles] as a new class of ultrafast light-driven molecular switch
文摘
A new class of ultrafast light-driven molecular switch has been designed and synthesized. The reaction of 1-substituted 2-methylidene-3,3-dimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-indoles with 2-chloromethyl-4-nitrophenol afforded 1¡ä,3,3¡ä,4-tetrahydrospiro[chromene-2,2¡ä-indoles], following a basic workup. The spectroscopic properties and nanosecond-resolved photoinduced dynamics of five compounds in the 1¡ä,3,3¡ä,4-tetrahydrospiro[chromene-2,2¡ä-indole] family were investigated.