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Lidia Zaharieva1, Vera Deneva1,2, Fadhil S Kamounah3
1Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Abstract:
Tautomerism in two new azo dyes, based on 7-hydroxyquinoline, has been considered from the viewpoint of the proton crane concept. Although 8-(phenyldiazenyl)quinolin-7-ol exists in solution as a mixture of azo and two hydrazone tautomers, as shown by the experimental and theoretical results, upon irradiation switching, based on long-range proton transfer, occurs in a limited extent. 8-(4-Hydroxy-1,2,3,5-tetrafluorophenyldiazenyl)quinolin-7-ol exists as a single enol (azo) tautomer and the reduced basicity of the azo group nitrogen atoms does not allow shift of the tautomeric state neither upon changing the solvent, nor upon irradiation. Possibilities for molecular design, allowing to improve the capacity of 7-hydroxy-8-(azophenyl)quinolines, are considered in terms of stabilization of the azo tautomer and making possible long range proton transfer to the quinolyl nitrogen atom.
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