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Synfacts 2009(9): 0978-0978  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217686
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Azulene Photochromes

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Trisha L. Andrew
M. Å. Petersen, S. L. Broman, A. Kadziola, K. Kilså, M. B. Nielsen*
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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21 August 2009 (online)

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Significance

The reactivity of a dihydroazulene photochrome (DHA) under electrophilic bromination conditions was investigated. Selective monofunctionalization at the position 7 of the azulene skeleton was achieved under controlled conditions.