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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Transitions Optical, Ltd., Tuam, IE;
Ryan Stayshich, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert W. Walters, Murrysville, PA (US);
Transitions Optical, Ltd., Tuam, IE;
Abstract
Provided is a synthetic intermediate for the preparation of photochromic indolenaphthopyran compounds having the core skeletal structure of Formula (I): wherein m is 0 to 4, n is 0 to 4, Rand Rare each independently hydroxyl, cyano, (meth)acrylate, amino, halo, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, boronic ester, boronic acid, polyether, polyester, polycarbonate, polyurethane, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloaryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio, substituted or unsubstituted arylthio, ketone, aldehyde, ester, carboxylic acid, carboxylate, amide, carbonate, carbamate, urea, siloxane, alkoxysilane, or polysiloxane; Ris substituted or unsubstituted 2-pyridyl or substituted or unsubstituted 2-quinolyl; and Ris hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxymethyl, substituted or unsubstituted silyl, or acyl. Also provided is a process for producing an indolenaphthol compound which includes cyclizing the phenylnaphthol compound of Formula (I) in the presence of a catalyst.