Thermo- and Photochromic Dyes: Spiro(indolinebenzopyrans) 2. - Detailed Assignment of the 1H NMR Spectra and Structural Aspects of the Closed Form of 1,3,3-Trimethylspiro(indoline-2,2'-benzopyrans)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/mrc.1260301119

The proton NMR assignments for a series of 12 thermo- and photochromic 1,3,3-trimethylspiro(indoline-2,2'-benzopyrans) dyes is reported.All of the protons in the dye molecule were assigned through a combination of homonuclear decoupling experiments and correlation spectroscopy.The relative stereochemistry of the indolino gem-dimethyl groups was assigned so that, for the S-epimer, the pro-R methyl was found to resonate at 1.24 ppm while the pro-S methyl appeared at 1.37 ppm for compound 1. KEY WORDS: Thermo- and photochromic dyes, Spiro(indoline-2,2'-benzopyrans), 1H NMR assignments