Spiro[2H]-1-Benzopyran-2,9′-Fluorenes: Hyperchromic and Bathochromic Shifts of the Visible Absorption of Chromenes

Abstract
The synthesis of spiro[fluorene-naphthopyrans] and spiro[fluorene-furano [3,2-flchromenes] allowed us to quantify the role of fluorene moiety towards photochromic properties. Compared to corresponding diphenylchromenes, the extended II system delocalization causes a bathochromic shift of the visible absorption of the colored merocyanines. Whatever the right hand side in the studied series, an hyperchromic effect is observed.