Isomerization of spirobenzopyrans bearing electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups in acidic aqueous solutions
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Taku Satoh, Kimio Sumaru, Toshiyuki Takagi, Katsuki Takai, Toshiyuki Kanamori
Spirobenzopyrans, which are well known as photochromic compounds, exist as thermodynamically stable protonated ring-opened isomers (protonated merocyanine form, McH) in an acidic aqueous solution in the dark. In the present study, we investigated effects of substitution of the spirobenzopyrans on a ring-opening behavior in an aqueous system. We prepared five polymerizable spirobenzopyrans that are substituted with a methoxy group or a nitro group at the 6′- or 8′-positions and without a substituent. These monomers were copolymerized with N,N-dimethylacrylamide to evaluate the spirobenzopyrans in aqueous solution. Correlation between ring-opening rates and the kind and position of the substitution can be summarized as follows: the substitution of an electron-donating methoxy group and the substitution at the 8′-position increased the ring-opening rate, whereas the substitution of an electron-withdrawing nitro group decreased the rate. The effects of the substitution can be explained by changes in the electron density of the oxygen atom of the spirobenzopyrans.
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