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Theoretical and Spectroscopical Investigations of Indigo Dyes, XXI. - Synthesis and Spectroscopical Properties of 4,4,4',4'-Tetramethyl-3,3'-dione, a Compound Containing the Basic Chromophore of Indigo
Wille, Eike,Luettke, Wolfgang
, p. 2039 - 2054 (2007/10/02)
4,4,4',4'-Tetramethyl-3,3'-dione (3) has been prepared by potassium cyanide catalyzed dimerization of 4,4-dimethyl-1-tosyl-3-pyrrolidinone (13).The parallelism of the chemical and spectroscopical properties of 3 and indigo 2 show
