COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL UV-SPECTRA OF 2- AND 8-THIOQUINOLINE

Abstract

The comparative analysis of the calculated electronic absorption spectra of various forms of 2- and 8-thioquinoline and the experimental UV spectra of their solutions in various solvents has been carried out. Two conformational isomers of SH-forms have been analyzed for each compound. Calculations of other tautomeric forms of these compounds, namely NH-forms of 2-thioquinoline (2-thioquinolone) and 8-thioquinoline (zwitter-ion), and S-forms (anions) and 1-H-2-thioquinolinium cation have been analyzed additionally. It is shown that the absorption bands in the spectrum of 8-thioquinoline solution correspond to the electronic transitions in the SH-tautomer. On the contrary, the absorption bands in a spectrum of 2-thioquinoline solution correspond to the electronic transitions in the NH-tautomer and S-anion. The spreading of absorption bands in the experimental spectra is associated with conformational and tautomeric equilibrium which is established in the solutions of the considered compounds.