Abstract

The absorption and fluorescence spectra of salicylaldehyde 2-pyridyl-hydrazone (SAPH) and indolaldehyde 2-salicylhydrazone (IASH) were studied in various solvents. The relative fluorescence intensity and efficiency ratio are reported. Highly polar solvents cause red shifts in SAPH and blue shifts in IASH which indicate that the long-wavelength bands of the neutral molecule arise from π → π* and n → π* transitions respectively. The ground state dissociation constants p K a of SAPH and IASH were measured spectrophotometrically and spectrofluorometrically in 40 vol.% ethanol—water solutions. The corresponding p K a reveal that the compounds have an increased acidity in the excited state.

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