Photochemical formation of indanylpyrrole derivatives from 2,2'-(o- phenylenedivinylene)dipyrrole

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(00)00062-4

Photochemically induced intra- and inter-molecular reaction of 2,2'- (1,2-phenylenedivinylene)dipyrrole (4a) led to a mixture of geometric isomers of 5-{2-pyrrolyl[2-(2-pyrrolyl)-1-indanyl]methyl}-2,2'-(1,2- phenylenedivinylene)dipyrroles (8) in 40% yield