Spectrokinetic study of a series of photochromic 2-ferrocenyl-2-methyl[2H]-chromenes

The study of the photochromic behaviour of a series of 2-ferrocenyl-2-methyl[2H]-chromenes has shown original spectrokinetic properties: the broadening of the absorption spectrum of the photomerocyanines with the appearance of a second band in the visible area and also important kinetic modifications in polar protic solvents giving to this series of chromenes a special interest. From spectrokinetic results, a structure of photomerocyanines stabilised by polar and protic solvent such as alcohols could be proposed: (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.