Abstract
Two new organic photochromic compounds based on pyrazolone were synthesized and further characterized by elemental analysis, MS, IR spectra, and 1H NMR spectra. The photochromic properties and photochemical kinetics of them have been studied by UV absorption spectra under irradiation of 365 nm light. The photochromism of pyrazolone derivatives in the solid state has been so far explained only in terms of the light-induced change of absorption and their crystal structures, which is caused by the shift of the tautomeric equilibrium between the enol and keto forms. In this work, their IR spectra have been measured before and after irradiation. Based on the IR spectra and crystal structure analysis, a reasonable mechanism was proposed, the photochromic phenomenon may be due to the photoisomerization from enol-form to keto-form through proton transfer.
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