Azocoupling products VI.: The sensitivity to external factors of the UV-vis absorption spectra of the azocoupling product between 1-(4-hydroxy-6-methyl-pyrimidin-2-yl)-3-methylpyrazolin-5-one and 4-(N,N-dimethyl) aminobenzenediazonium salt

The pH, water content-, sample concentration-, temperature- and time-dependences A the UV-vis spectra of the potentially tautomeric azocoupling product 1 in (aqueous) ethanol solutions have been systematically investigated. On the basis of pH-dependence were determined the pK(a)' values corresponding to three interconnected acid-base equilibria 2b double left right arrow 1a double left right arrow 3b double left right arrow 4b that originate from 1. The four species 1a, 2b, 3b, 4b involved in these equilibria are characterized on the basis of their different visible absorption bands. The hydrazone structure la of the initial species is supported by the H-1 and C-13 NMR data. The dependence of the UV-vis spect-a of (aqueous) ethanol solution of 1 upon the water content, dye concentration, temperature or time seems to be due firstly to the acid-base oquilibrium 1a double left right arrow 3b. However, some irregularities in these dependences might be interpreted as being caused by eventual superimposition upon the acid-base equilibrium 1a double left right arrow 3b of the azo-hydrazone (e.g.1a double left right arrow 1b) and/or aggregation equilibrium. By the time dependence has been otserved practically a kind of oscillation of the position of the present equilibrium that is very difficult to explain. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.