Identification of tautomeric intermediates of a novel thiazolylazonaphthol dye - A density functional theory study

• The recently synthesized thiazolylazo dye, 1-(5-benzy1-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)diazenyllnaphthalene-2-ol called shortly BnTAN, is studied by density functional theory (DFT) in three tautomeric forms in order to explain the available H-1 NMR, UV-Vis and FTIR spectra. An experimentally observed IR band at 1678 cm(-1), assigned to the C=O bond stretching vibration, supports the notion that BnTAN retains in the less stable keto-form even in the solid state due to an ultrafast single-coordinate intramolecular proton transfer. This finding is also in a good agreement with an X-ray crystallography analysis which indicates an intermediate position of the proton between the OH and -N=N-groups. Calculations also show that some experimentally observed H-I NMR signals could be considered as being averaged values between theoretically calculated chemical shifts for the corresponding protons in the keto- and enol-tautomers. At the same time the UV-Vis spectra are almost insensitive to the tautomerization processes as the main single band absorption at 500 nm is present in all tautomers according to our TD DFT simulations. The minor differences in spectral features of the long-wavelength visible region are also noted and discussed with respect to the manifestation of the less stable tautomer form.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Teoretisk kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Theoretical Chemistry (hsv//eng)

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NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Organic Chemistry (hsv//eng)

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Tautomers

FTIR spectra

UV-vis spectra

NMR spectra

DFT calculations

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