Abstract: | Nonphotochromic fulgides of the indole series, which undergo E, Z isomerization under UV irradiation, were obtained from 1,2-dimethyl-3-formylindole and esters of aryl- and alkylmethylene-substituted itaconic acids by Stobbe condensation in the presence of strong bases.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 201–205, February, 1989. |