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The α-methylated chalcone 3 with an electron-donor substituted A-aryl ring and an unsubstituted B-phenyl ring was synthesized by base-catalyzed aldehyde/acetophenone condensation. Compound 3 can be photo-switched from E→Z by irradiation with long-wavelength light λ &gt; 350 nm, whereas irradiation with shorter wavelengths leads to photo-stationary states (PSS) with lower amounts of the Z-isomer. The limiting wavelength for fully equilibrated E⮀Z (PSS = 1) can be achieved around 240 nm. The stability of both E- and Z-isomers at the wavelength-dependent PSS under UV-irradiation between 250 and 350 nm is remarkably high as observed from UV and NMR spectroscopy. Compound 3 is fatigue resistant even after more than 10 days continuous irradiation and is also oxygenation-stable under singlet oxygen sensitization conditions. In remarkable contrast to many other α-methylated chalcones, no change in the E/Z-ratio was detected when PSS samples were treated with Broensted acids. The negative photochromic E→Z switch of 3 is accompanied by a conformational switch from the E-form in its preferred s-trans conformation to the Z-form in a distorted s-cis conformation (Es-c→Zs-t).

(E)-1-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)-2-methyl-3-phenylprop-2-en-1-one: A P-Type Acid-Stable Photochromic α-Methylchalcone