- Short Note
(E)-1-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)-2-methyl-3-phenylprop-2-en-1-one: A P-Type Acid-Stable Photochromic α-Methylchalcone
- Banu Öngel,
- Jörg M. Neudörfl and
- Axel G. Griesbeck
The α-methylated chalcone 3 with an electron-donor substituted A-aryl ring and an unsubstituted B-phenyl ring was synthesized by base-catalyzed aldehyde/acetophenone condensation. Compound 3 can be photo-switched from E→Z by irradiation with long-wav...

