New six- and seven-membered ring pyrrole-pyridine hydrogen bond systems undergoing excited-state intramolecular proton transfer

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Dec 11;50(95):15026-9. doi: 10.1039/c4cc07109c.

Abstract

New molecules, and , possessing six- and seven-membered ring pyrrole-pyridine hydrogen bonds, respectively, are designed and synthesized, which undergo excited-state intramolecular proton transfer with distinct reaction dynamics.