INTRAMOLECULAR PROTON TRANSFER EQUILIBRIUM IN SALICYLIDENE- AND NAPHTHALENE-BASED TETRAIMINE SCHIFF BASES
In this work, two nitro-Schiff bases were synthesized by condensation reaction of 4-nitro-benzaldehyde with p-phenylenediamine and 3-amino-2-naphthol in 2:1 and 1:1 ratios, respectively. Then, asymmetric tetraimine Schiff bases (L-1, L-2, L-3) were prepared by the reduction of nitro group to amino group with sodium dithionite and adding aldehyde, such as salicylaldehyde, 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde or terephthaldehyde. Tetraimines have been characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, 1H/13C NMR, UV–vis, and mass spectroscopy techniques in order to study the structure effect on the phenol-keto tautomerism. Solvent, acid and base effects on the tautomeric equilibrium have been also investigated by using UV–vis spectra.
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- Aleksander Filarowski
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie st., 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- aleksander.filarowski@chem.uni.wroc.pl
- (Ortho-hydroxy aryl and heterocyclic Schiff bases, Tautomeric equilibrium, Intramolecular hydrogen bond)
- Çiğdem Albayrak
- Sinop University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry, 57000 Sinop, Turkey
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- calbayrak@sinop.edu.tr
- (Proton tautomerism is experimentally and theoretically investigated.)
- Halil Berber
- Anadolu University, Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department, 26470 Eskişehir, Turkey
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- hlberber@anadolu.edu.tr
- (The tautomerisms of all of the Schiff bases compounds were determined in DMSO, CHCl3, C2H5OH and C6H12 solvents and in both acidic and basic media using the UV–vis spectrophotometric method).