Abstract
Spectral analyses of vinylneoxantho- and vinylisoneoxanthobilirubic acid methyl esters, with endo and exo-vinyl groups respectively, show that the exo-vinyl group causes (1) a greater bathochromic and hyperchromic shift of the long wavelength UV-vis absorption and (2) a smaller dimer association constant in CDCl3 than does the endo-vinyl in these pyrromethenones.