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Abdullah G Al-Sehemi1, Ahmad Irfan, Abdullah M Asiri
1Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia. agmasq@gmail.com
Abstract:
Novel tricyanovinyl derived from hydrazones have been prepared by the reaction of tetracyanoethylene and phenylethylidene hydrazone, and these dyes showed absorption in the region of 539-650 nm. The dyes showed pronounced solvatochromic effects as the polarity of the solvents changed. The torsion in E isomer is smaller than Z and azo isomers of MBD1 and MBD2. The HOMOs are delocalized on whole of the molecule while LUMOs are distributed on the tricarbonitrile. The LUMO energies are above the conduction band of TiO(2) and HOMOs of the dyes are below the redox couple of MBD1 and MBD2. The HOMO energies, LUMO energies and HOMO-LUMO energy gap of MBD1 and MBD2 are almost same. The absorption spectra of both the dyes in different solvents are approximately same except in cyclohexane.
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