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Photochromic dinitrated spiropyrans

US5155230A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 1990
Grant dateOct 13, 1992
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03C1/685
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a photochromic material possessing absorption sensitivity in a longer wavelength region when compared with conventional photochromic materials. The photochromic material is a spiropyran compound having a methoxy group at the 6 position, nitro groups at the 8 and 5' positions, and an alkyl group at the 1' position of the spiropyran skeleton as shown below: ##STR1##

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