Abstract

N-(3,5-Dihalosalicylidene)-2,6-dialkylaniline derivatives were prepared and their structure and photochromic properties were investigated. From the X-ray crystallography, it was revealed that steric repulsion between the azomethine hydrogen atom and the alkyl groups at the 2,6-positions of the aniline ring lead to non-planar molecular structure, which was effective for the crystals to exhibit photochromism. The relationship between photochromicity and crystal packing of N-(3,5-dichlorosalicylidene)-2,6-dialkylanilines series was also discussed. The 2,6-dialkylaniline method was suggested to be applicable to the preparation of photochromic Schiff bases with various substituents in the salicylidene rings.

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