2,3-Diarylindenes and 2,3-diarylindenones: Synthesis, molecular structure, photochemistry, estrogen receptor binding affinity, and comparisons with related triarylethylenes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jm00402a011

Two 2,3-diphenylindene and -indenone systems, with potential fluorescent and photofluorogenic properties, were prepared and studied as ligands for the estrogen receptor. The indene systems were prepared by Friedel-Crafts cyclization of appropriate α-benzy