Spectroscopic Studies on Dyes. V. Derivatives of cis-Indigo1
Spectroscopic Studies on Dyes. V. Derivatives of cis-Indigo1
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染料的光谱研究。
DOI:
10.1021/jo01018a055
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发表时间:
1965
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Anton F. Zenhäusern
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作者:
G. Wyman;Anton F. Zenhäusern
A comparison of the visible spectrum of N, N'-oxalylindigo with the spectra of the photochemically produced cis isomers of N, N'-diacetylindigo and N, N'-bis (trifluoroacetyl) indigo suggests a noncoplanar cis configuration for all three molecules. This was further substantiated by a study of the carbonyl stretching frequencies in the infrared region. Theformation of oxalylindigo from indigo and oxalyl chloride was studied in benzene and chlorobenzene solutions, using spectrophotometric techniques. The results indicate a two-step mechanism with< rans-N-(chlorooxalyl) indigo as the intermediate. By a similar technique the alkaline hydrolysis of oxalylindigo in aqueous dimethylformamide was found to proceed in twosteps involving the stepwise hydrolysis of the two amide linkages. Owing to the slowness of the second step it was possible to determine the visible spec-trum of the intermediate anion and to assign a trans configuration to it in view of the long wave length (571 µ) of the absorption maximum.(Heller had previously observed a blue intermediate in this reaction which he attributed to cis-indigo.)Although thestructure of indigo has long been known and it is recognized that the molecule possesses a trans configuration, 3· 4 derivatives of as-indigo have been reported in the literature5 and the existence of cis-indigo has also been postulated. 6 In view of our current understanding of the cis-trans isomerization of conjugated compounds, it is considered highly unlikely that the unstable cis isomer could exist at ambient