Esipt Photochromism: The Development of the Modern Views

The photochromic anils (Imines of o-hydroxy aldehydes) have been found in the beginning of the last century, and therefore the views of this phenomenon were developing, along with theory of the structure and reaction mechanism and the methods of their investigations. The description of this development has been given shortly in the chapter one. The structure of anils, their properties, and their modifications in dependence of the substituents, solvents, and temperature are described, and so...