Abstract
Changes in the absorption spectra of azobenzene in UV-Vis light are studied with respect to its protonation in sulfuric acid solutions and interaction with gaseous HCl in cellulose triacetate films. In both processes, the emergence of an intense orange color is shown to represent the electronic structure of forming monocations where the positive charge of NH+ groups shifts electrons from the o- and p-positions of Nphfragment phenyls. It was found that the charge distribution and color was the same as observed for the cations of the benzyl and phenylaminyl types. The mechanism of azobenzene monocation photocyclization in sulfuric acid is presented, and the origin of the red color of azobenzene dications formed in oleum is explained.
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