Photoisomerism: A Colorless Photoinduced Intermediate of o-Nitrobenzylpyridine
John A. Sousa 1 and
Joseph D. Loconti 1
1 Pioneering Research Division, U.S. Army Natick Laboratories, Natick, Massachusetts
Exposure to light of o-nitrobenzylpyridines at 185°C yields a long-lived colorless intermediate which is converted to a colored isomer on warming.