The synthesis and study of the structure and photochromic properties of the new salt spiropyrans of the indoline series containing chlorine and bromine atoms as a substituent at the 6' position in 2H-chromene moiety are presented. The structure of the obtained compounds was confirmed by NMR 1H spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. The compounds are photochromic; the long-wavelength maximum of the absorption band of their open photoinduced form has a significant hypsochromic shift, and the lifetime substantially increases in comparison with the fluorine analog.
High photoswitching contrast and variation of the thermal stability of the photoinduced form for a novel group of reverse photochromes are described for the first time.
New photochromic salt spiropyrans of indoline series