Fenton-like reactions for pyrazolone ester based heterocyclic dyes with reversible hydrazone-azo tautomerism

2021 
Abstract In this work, two new pyrazolone ester based heterocyclic hydrazone dyes have been prepared and characterized by NMR, FT-IR and MS spectrometry. The acid/base-activated hydrazone-azo tautomerism has been monitored by UV–Vis and 1H NMR spectra. It is worth mentioning that three Fenton catalysts: CuII, NiII and CoII are introduced to form reactive hydroxyl radicals from hydrogen peroxide to attack the ortho-position of phenyl unit of one pyrazolone ester based heterocyclic dye, and resulted in another ortho-OH substituted pyrazolone ester based heterocyclic dye via CuII/NiII/CoII-H2O2 catalytic oxidation, metal-ion complexation, and ending demetallization. Furthermore, three CuII, NiII and CoII centered complexes have been isolated and structurally characterized including the resultant heterocyclic dye as the anionic ligand. UV–Vis spectral comparisons show that the absorption maximum (λmax) values of CuII, NiII and CoII centered complexes are significantly shifted to higher wavelengths compared to their common precursor. This is originated from the increased electron density by forming the divalent L2− ligand, which is comparable to the pyrazolone ester based heterocyclic dye in deprotonation azo form under alkaline condition. Furthermore, the hydrazone-azo tautomerism has been verified by the significant changes of hydrazone proton signals observed in the 1H NMR spectra. In addition, two possible pathways for Fenton catalysts corresponding to three types of metal ions were proposed. We believe that the acquisition of these intermediate metal complexes is conducive to understanding on the applications of Fenton-like reactions in the syntheses of heterocyclic dyes.
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